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Universal Rigidity of Complete Bipartite Graphs

Metric Geometry 2016-10-14 v2

Abstract

We describe a very simple condition that is necessary for the universal rigidity of a complete bipartite framework (K(n,m),p,q)(K(n,m),p,q). This condition is also sufficient for universal rigidity under a variety of weak assumptions, such as general position. Even without any of these assumptions, in complete generality, we extend these ideas to obtain an efficient algorithm, based on a sequence of linear programs, that determines whether an input framework of a complete bipartite graph is universally rigid or not.

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@article{arxiv.1502.02278,
  title  = {Universal Rigidity of Complete Bipartite Graphs},
  author = {Robert Connelly and Steven J. Gortler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.02278},
  year   = {2016}
}

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