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We explore the rigidity of generic frameworks in 3-dimensions whose underlying graph is close to being planar. Specifically we consider apex graphs, edge-apex graphs and their variants and prove independence results in the generic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-28 Sean Dewar , Georg Grasegger , Eleftherios Kastis , Anthony Nixon , Brigitte Servatius

This paper generalizes Llarull's classical scalar curvature rigidity theorem to the setting of weighted manifolds with P-scalar curvature. More precisely, we prove the refinement of Llarull's theorem for P-scalar curvature, which is similar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-21 Linfeng Zhou , Guangrui Zhu

A central question in dynamics is whether the topology of a system determines its geometry. This is known as rigidity. Under mild topological conditions rigidity holds for many classical cases, including: Kleinian groups, circle…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-05-04 Marco Martens , Liviana Palmisano , Björn Winckler

We consider the rigidity and global rigidity of bar-joint frameworks in Euclidean $d$-space under additional dilation constraints in specified coordinate directions. In this setting we obtain a complete characterisation of generic rigidity.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-23 Sean Dewar , Anthony Nixon , Andrew Sainsbury

This work focuses on the bearing rigidity theory, namely the branch of knowledge investigating the structural properties necessary for multi-element systems to preserve the inter-units bearings when exposed to deformations. The original…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Giulia Michieletto , Angelo Cenedese , Daniel Zelazo

The review is devoted to the theory of collective and it local pinning effects in various disordered non-linear driven systems. Although the emphasis is put on charge and spin density waves and magnetic domain walls, the theory has also…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Serguei Brazovskii , Thomas Nattermann

A ring is rigid if there is no nonzero locally nilpotent derivation on it. In terms of algebraic geometry, a rigid coordinate ring corresponds to an algebraic affine variety which does not allow any nontrivial algebraic additive group…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2010-05-28 Anthony J. Crachiola , Stefan Maubach

We prove a conjecture of Crapo and Penne which characterizes isotopy classes of skew configurations with spindle-structure. We use this result in order to define an invariant, spindle-genus, for spindle-configurations. We also slightly…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Roland Bacher , David Garber

Using spinors, we show a dihedral type rigidity for polyhedral initial data sets. This rigidity connects spacetime positive mass theorem, dihedral rigidity and capillary marginally trapped surfaces. Our method is to extend the rigidity…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-27 Xiaoxiang Chai , Xueyuan Wan

We prove a rigidity theorem in Poisson geometry around compact Poisson submanifolds, using the Nash-Moser fast convergence method. In the case of one-point submanifolds (fixed points), this immediately implies a stronger version of Conn's…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-02-02 Ioan Marcut

This is a continuation of the series of notes on the dynamics of quadratic polynomials. We show the following Rigidity Theorem: Any combinatorial class contains at most one quadratic polynomial satisfying the secondary limbs condition with…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Mikhail Lyubich

By exploiting the conformality of a warped product metric with a direct product metric, we develop a new connection on a twisted spinor bundle and its associated Dirac operator. We obtain a Llarull type scalar curvature rigidity for a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-16 Xiaoxiang Chai , Xueyuan Wan

The sliding friction force exerted by stochastic linkers interacting with a moving filament is calculated. The elastic properties of the substrate on which the linkers are anchored are shown to strongly influence the friction force. In some…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-17 Pierre Sens

A 2-dimensional point-line framework is a collection of points and lines in the plane which are linked by pairwise constraints that fix some angles between pairs of lines and also some point-line and point-point distances. It is rigid if…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-05-26 Bill Jackson , J. C. Owen

We generalize Milnor link invariants to all types of surface-links in $4$--space (possibly with boundary). This is achieved by using the notion of cut-diagram, which is a 2-dimensional generalization of Gauss diagrams, associated to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Benjamin Audoux , Jean-Baptiste Meilhan , Akira Yasuhara

We formulate and prove a periodic analog of Maxwell's theorem relating stressed planar frameworks and their liftings to polyhedral surfaces with spherical topology. We use our lifting theorem to prove deformation and rigidity-theoretic…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-01-16 Ciprian S. Borcea , Ileana Streinu

A theorem of Laman gives a combinatorial characterisation of the graphs that admit a realisation as a minimally rigid generic bar-joint framework in $\bR^2$. A more general theory is developed for frameworks in $\bR^3$ whose vertices are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-05 A. Nixon , J. C. Owen , S. C. Power

Rigidity results for asymptotically locally hyperbolic manifolds with lower bounds on scalar curvature are proved using spinor methods related to the Witten proof of the positive mass theorem. The argument is based on a study of the Dirac…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2011-07-21 L. Andersson , M. Dahl

For a classical link, Milnor defined a family of isotopy invariants, called Milnor $\overline{\mu}$-invariants. Recently, Chrisman extended Milnor $\overline{\mu}$-invariants to welded links by a topological approach. The aim of this paper…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-08-21 Haruko A. Miyazawa , Kodai Wada , Akira Yasuhara

By carrying out refined point-wise estimates for the mean curvature, we prove better rigidity theorems of Lagrangian and symplectic translating solitons.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Hongbing Qiu