{"title":"Unfolding 3-separated polycube graphs of arbitrary genus","authors":"Mirela Damian , Robin Flatland","doi":"10.1016/j.comgeo.2022.101944","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A <em>polycube graph</em><span> is a polyhedron composed of cubes glued together along whole faces, whose surface is a 2-manifold. A polycube graph is 3</span><em>-separated</em> if no two boxes of degree 3 or higher are adjacent, and no grid edge is entirely surrounded by boxes (i.e., there is no cycle of length 4). We show that every 3-separated polycube graph can be unfolded with a <span><math><mn>7</mn><mo>×</mo><mn>7</mn></math></span> refinement of the grid faces. This result extends the class of well-separated polycube graphs known to have an unfolding by allowing boxes of degree 2 to be adjacent to each other and to higher degree boxes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51001,"journal":{"name":"Computational Geometry-Theory and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Computational Geometry-Theory and Applications","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925772122000876","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A polycube graph is a polyhedron composed of cubes glued together along whole faces, whose surface is a 2-manifold. A polycube graph is 3-separated if no two boxes of degree 3 or higher are adjacent, and no grid edge is entirely surrounded by boxes (i.e., there is no cycle of length 4). We show that every 3-separated polycube graph can be unfolded with a refinement of the grid faces. This result extends the class of well-separated polycube graphs known to have an unfolding by allowing boxes of degree 2 to be adjacent to each other and to higher degree boxes.
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Computational Geometry is a forum for research in theoretical and applied aspects of computational geometry. The journal publishes fundamental research in all areas of the subject, as well as disseminating information on the applications, techniques, and use of computational geometry. Computational Geometry publishes articles on the design and analysis of geometric algorithms. All aspects of computational geometry are covered, including the numerical, graph theoretical and combinatorial aspects. Also welcomed are computational geometry solutions to fundamental problems arising in computer graphics, pattern recognition, robotics, image processing, CAD-CAM, VLSI design and geographical information systems.
Computational Geometry features a special section containing open problems and concise reports on implementations of computational geometry tools.