# we-solve research prompt: Math-1912, Classification of spherical quadrilaterals

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/classification-of-spherical-quadrilaterals/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3700011; source catalogue code AMR-036-0011
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\section*{Classification of spherical quadrilaterals}\label{3700011}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3700011 · AMR-036-0011 · Geometry · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
A spherical quadrilateral is an oriented surface homeomorphic
to a closed disk, with four distinct boundary vertices
$v_1,v_2,v_3,v_4$ in cyclic order, equipped with a metric of
Gaussian curvature $1$ away from the vertices. Each boundary
arc between successive vertices is geodesic, and the interior
angle at $v_j$ is $\pi\alpha_j$, with $\alpha_j>0$.
The metric is smooth in the interior and along the open sides;
the vertices have the prescribed corner singularities.

Two such quadrilaterals are identified by an isometry preserving
the ordered vertices. The underlying conformal quadrilateral
has modulus $m>0$: it is conformally equivalent to a
Euclidean rectangle of width $1$ and height $m$, with
vertices matched in the specified cyclic order.

Classify spherical quadrilaterals for arbitrary positive angle
data. Determine which quadruples $(\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_4)$
are realizable, which moduli $m$ occur for each realizable
quadruple, and the isometry classes for fixed angles and
modulus, including their possible multiplicity.
The area identity
\[
           \operatorname{Area}=\pi
                         (\alpha_1+\alpha_2+\alpha_3+\alpha_4-2)
\]
gives a necessary positivity condition, but the problem
requires the full restrictions.
Angles larger than $\pi$ are allowed. The metric need not
come from a simply embedded region of the standard sphere;
its developing map may overlap. Restricting to convex
spherical quadrilaterals would omit the main general cases.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Classify curvature-one quadrilaterals by their angles, conformal modulus, and possible nonuniqueness.
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3700011 (AMR-036-0011), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Eremenko - My favorite unsolved problems, Possible shapes of spherical quadrilaterals (2025 update). Original source indexed by AMR-036-0011.
\url{https://www.math.purdue.edu/~eremenko/uns1.html}.
\item[S3] A. Eremenko, Possible shapes of spherical quadrilaterals. Author-maintained primary problem note.
\url{https://www.math.purdue.edu/~eremenko/dvi/quadr.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-036-0011

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3700011
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
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Human contributors and roles:
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