Ultrarigid periodic frameworks
Metric Geometry
2015-03-10 v4 Computational Geometry
Combinatorics
Abstract
We give an algebraic characterization of when a -dimensional periodic framework has no non-trivial, symmetry preserving, motion for any choice of periodicity lattice. Our condition is decidable, and we provide a simple algorithm that does not require complicated algebraic computations. In dimension , we give a combinatorial characterization in the special case when the the number of edge orbits is the minimum possible for ultrarigidity. All our results apply to a fully flexible, fixed area, or fixed periodicity lattice.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1404.2319,
title = {Ultrarigid periodic frameworks},
author = {Justin Malestein and Louis Theran},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2319},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
34 pages, 3 figures (v4, updated references and discussion, author contact data)