Zipper unfolding of domes and prismoids

We study Hamiltonian unfolding-cutting a convex polyhedron along a Hamiltonian path of edges to unfold it without overlap-of two classes of polyhedra. Such unfoldings could be implemented by a single zipper, so they are also known as zipper edge unfoldings. First we consider domes, which are simple...

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Main Authors: Demaine, Erik D. (Contributor), Demaine, Martin L. (Contributor), Uehara, Ryuhei (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: 2015-12-17T12:17:46Z.
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520 |a We study Hamiltonian unfolding-cutting a convex polyhedron along a Hamiltonian path of edges to unfold it without overlap-of two classes of polyhedra. Such unfoldings could be implemented by a single zipper, so they are also known as zipper edge unfoldings. First we consider domes, which are simple convex polyhedra. We find a family of domes whose graphs are Hamiltonian, yet any Hamiltonian unfolding causes overlap, making the domes Hamiltonian-ununfoldable. Second we turn to prismoids, which are another family of simple convex polyhedra. We show that any nested prismoid is Hamiltonian-unfoldable, and that for general prismoids, Hamiltonian unfoldability can be tested in polynomial time. 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Origami Design for Integration of Self-assembling Systems for Engineering Innovation Grant EFRI-1240383) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Expedition Grant CCF-1138967) 
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773 |t Proceedings of the 25th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry