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A bar-joint framework $(G,p)$ in a (non-Euclidean) real normed plane $X$ is the combination of a finite, simple graph $G$ and a placement $p$ of the vertices in $X$. A framework $(G,p)$ is globally rigid in $X$ if every other framework…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-18 Sean Dewar , Anthony Nixon

We show that any graph that is generically globally rigid in $\mathbb{R}^d$ has a realization in $\mathbb{R}^d$ that is both generic and universally rigid. This also implies that the graph also must have a realization in $\mathbb{R}^d$ that…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-08-15 Robert Connelly , Steven J. Gortler , Louis Theran

A $d$-dimensional (bar-and-joint) framework $(G,p)$ consists of a graph $G=(V,E)$ and a realisation $p:V\to \mathbb{R}^d$. It is rigid if every continuous motion of the vertices which preserves the lengths of the edges is induced by an…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2025-08-19 James Cruickshank , Bill Jackson , Tibor Jordán , Shin-ichi Tanigawa

We show that universal rigidity of a generic bar and joint framework (G,p) in the line depends on more than the ordering of the vertices. In particular, we construct examples of one-dimensional generic frameworks with the same graph and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Bryan Chen , Robert Connelly , Anthony Nixon , Louis Theran

Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ nodes. In this note, we prove that if $G$ is $(r+1)$-vertex connected, $1 \leq r \leq n-2$, then there exists a configuration $p$ in general position in $R^r$ such that the bar framework $(G,p)$ is universally…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-18 A. Y. Alfakih

We develop a rigidity theory for frameworks in $\mathbb{R}^3$ which have two coincident points but are otherwise generic and only infinitesimal motions which are tangential to a family of cylinders induced by the realisation are considered.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-07-08 Bill Jackson , Viktoria Kaszanitzky , Anthony Nixon

A result due in its various parts to Hendrickson, Connelly, and Jackson and Jord\'an, provides a purely combinatorial characterisation of global rigidity for generic bar-joint frameworks in $\mathbb{R}^2$. The analogous conditions are known…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-06-12 Bill Jackson , Thomas McCourt , Anthony Nixon

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

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

In 1992, Hendrickson proved that (d+1)-connectivity and redundant rigidity are necessary conditions for a generic (non-complete) bar-joint framework to be globally rigid in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Jackson and Jordan confirmed in 2005 that these…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-17 Viktoria E. Kaszanitzky , Bernd Schulze , Shin-ichi Tanigawa

A bar-joint framework $(G,p)$ is the combination of a finite simple graph $G=(V,E)$ and a placement $p:V\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^d$. The framework is rigid if the only edge-length preserving continuous deformations of the vertices arise from…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-18 Anthony Nixon , Bernd Schulze , Joseph Wall

We consider the problem of characterising the generic rigidity of bar-joint frameworks in $\mathbb{R}^d$ in which each vertex is constrained to lie in a given affine subspace. The special case when $d=2$ was previously solved by I. Streinu…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-09 James Cruickshank , Hakan Guler , Bill Jackson , Anthony Nixon

A bar-joint framework $(G,p)$ in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{E}^d$ is globally rigid if it is the unique realisation, up to rigid congruences, of $G$ in $\mathbb{E}^d$ with the edge lengths of $(G,p)$. Building on key results of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-16 Sean Dewar , John Hewetson , Anthony Nixon

We review some recent results in the generic rigidity theory of planar frameworks with forced symmetry, giving a uniform treatment to the topic. We also give new combinatorial characterizations of minimally rigid periodic frameworks with…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-03-06 Justin Malestein , Louis Theran

The combinatorial characterization of generic rigidity for bar-joint frameworks in dimensions $d \ge 3$ has been a long-standing open problem in discrete geometry. While the two-dimensional case was resolved in 1927 by Pollaczek-Geiringer…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Alexander Heaton

A bar-joint framework $(G,p)$ is the combination of a graph $G$ and a map $p$ assigning positions, in some space, to the vertices of $G$. The framework is rigid if every edge-length-preserving continuous motion of the vertices arises from…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-21 Sean Dewar , John Hewetson , Anthony Nixon

A configuration p in r-dimensional Euclidean space is a finite collection of labeled points p^1,p^2,...,p^n in R^r that affinely span R^r. Each configuration p defines a Euclidean distance matrix D_p = (d_ij) = (||p^i-p^j||^2), where ||.||…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2012-01-17 A. Y. Alfakih

Symmetry equations are obtained for the rigidity matrix of a bar-joint framework in R^d. These form the basis for a short proof of the Fowler-Guest symmetry group generalisation of the Calladine-Maxwell counting rules. Similar symmetry…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2010-09-23 J. C. Owen , S. C. Power

Some aspects of a mathematical theory of rigidity and flexibility are developed for general infinite frameworks and two main results are obtained. In the first sufficient conditions, of a uniform local nature, are obtained for the existence…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2008-11-19 J. C. Owen , S. C. Power

A $d$-dimensional framework is a pair $(G,p)$, where $G$ is a graph and $p$ maps the vertices of $G$ to points in $\mathbb{R}^d$. The edges of $G$ are mapped to the corresponding line segments. A graph $G$ is said to be globally rigid in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-12 Dániel Garamvölgyi , Tibor Jordán