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Current status and exact unresolved remainder

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OPEN as checked on 2026-08-01. Strongest checked neighboring result: Every convex polyhedron becomes edge-unfoldable after a suitable affine transformation, and every nested three-prismatoid has a nonoverlapping edge unfolding; recent work also constructs highly overlapping edge unfoldings. Exact unresolved remainder: Prove a nonoverlapping spanning-tree edge unfolding exists for every original convex three-polytope, or exhibit one polytope for which every such unfolding overlaps.

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Originating problem: Dürer’s edge-unfolding problem

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Current status and exact unresolved remainder
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The problem was checked as open on 2026-08-01.

The strongest neighboring result found in the cited sources is: Every convex polyhedron becomes edge-unfoldable after a suitable affine transformation, and every nested three-prismatoid has a nonoverlapping edge unfolding; recent work also constructs highly overlapping edge unfoldings.

The exact unresolved remainder is: Prove a nonoverlapping spanning-tree edge unfolding exists for every original convex three-polytope, or exhibit one polytope for which every such unfolding overlaps.

A complete resolution must meet the following acceptance conditions: - For a proof, construct or establish a valid spanning tree for every convex three-polytope and prove injectivity on face interiors. - For a disproof, give explicit coordinates and faces for one convex polytope and exhaust or structurally exclude every spanning-tree edge unfolding.

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Verification source: doi.org ↗, M. Ghomi, “Affine unfoldings of convex polyhedra,” Geometry & Topology 18(5) (2014), 3055–3090. abstract and main theorem

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