Finite and infinitesimal rigidity with polyhedral norms
Metric Geometry
2014-01-08 v1 Combinatorics
Abstract
We characterise finite and infinitesimal rigidity for bar-joint frameworks in R^d with respect to polyhedral norms (i.e. norms with closed unit ball P a convex d-dimensional polytope). Infinitesimal and continuous rigidity are shown to be equivalent for finite frameworks in R^d which are well-positioned with respect to P. An edge-labelling determined by the facets of the unit ball and placement of the framework is used to characterise infinitesimal rigidity in R^d in terms of monochrome spanning trees. An analogue of Laman's theorem is obtained for all polyhedral norms on R^2.
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@article{arxiv.1401.1336,
title = {Finite and infinitesimal rigidity with polyhedral norms},
author = {D. Kitson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.1336},
year = {2014}
}
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26 pages