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A pair $\{u,v\}$ of vertices is said to be globally linked in a $d$-dimensional framework $(G,p)$ if there exists no other framework $(G,q)$ with the same edge lengths, in which the distance between the points corresponding to $u$ and $v$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Tibor Jordán , Shin-ichi Tanigawa

Motivated by constraint-based CAD software, we develop the foundation for the rigidity theory of a very general model: the body-and-cad structure, composed of rigid bodies in 3D constrained by pairwise coincidence, angular and distance…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2010-06-08 Kirk Haller , Audrey Lee-St. John , Meera Sitharam , Ileana Streinu , Neil White

In this paper, we give a complete self-contained proof that the rigidity matrix of a symmetric bar and joint framework (as well as its transpose) can be transformed into a block-diagonalized form using techniques from group representation…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2009-06-19 Bernd Schulze

Following a review of related results in rigidity theory, we provide a construction to obtain generically universally rigid frameworks with the minimum number of edges, for any given set of n nodes in two or three dimensions. When a set of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-11 Scott D. Kelly , Andrea Micheletti

A one-to-one correspondence between the infinitesimal motions of bar-joint frameworks in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and those in $\mathbb{S}^d$ is a classical observation by Pogorelov, and further connections among different rigidity models in various…

We examine the generic local and global rigidity of various graphs in R^d. Bruce Hendrickson showed that some necessary conditions for generic global rigidity are (d+1)-connectedness and generic redundant rigidity and hypothesized that they…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Samuel Frank , Jiayang Jiang

Many deep, mysterious connections have been observed between collections of mutually unbiased bases (MUBs) and combinatorial designs called $k$-nets (and in particular, between complete collections of MUBs and finite affine - or…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-07-05 Sloan Nietert , Zsombor Szilágyi , Mihály Weiner

Given a finite, simple, connected graph $G=(V,E)$ with $|V|=n$, we consider the associated graph Laplacian matrix $L = D - A$ with eigenvalues $0 = \lambda_1 < \lambda_2 \leq \dots \leq \lambda_n$. One can also consider the same graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Stefan Steinerberger , Rekha R. Thomas

The famous Erd\H{o}s distinct distances problem asks the following: how many distinct distances must exist between a set of $n$ points in the plane? There are many generalisations of this question that ask one to consider different spaces…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Sean Dewar , Nora Frankl , Samuel Mansfield , Anthony Nixon , Jonathan Passant , Audie Warren

A typical result in graph theory says that a graph $G$, satisfying certain conditions, has some property $\cal P$. Once such a theorem is established, it is natural to ask how strongly $G$ satisfies $\cal P$. Can one strengthen the result…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-14 Benny Sudakov

In the field of parameterized complexity theory, the study of graph width measures has been intimately connected with the development of width-based model checking algorithms for combinatorial properties on graphs. In this work, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Mateus de Oliveira Oliveira , Sam Urmian

The rigidity matrix is a fundamental tool for studying the infinitesimal rigidity properties of Euclidean bar-joint frameworks. In this paper we generalize this tool and introduce a rigidity matrix for bar-joint frameworks in arbitrary…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-06-05 Derek Kitson , Bernd Schulze

We exactly settle the complexity of graph realization, graph rigidity, and graph global rigidity as applied to three types of graphs: "globally noncrossing" graphs, which avoid crossings in all of their configurations; matchstick graphs,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Zachary Abel , Erik D. Demaine , Martin L. Demaine , Sarah Eisenstat , Jayson Lynch , Tao B. Schardl

In this paper we study the rank of planar rigidity matrix of 4-valent graphs, both in case of generic realizations and configurations in general position, under various connectivity assumptions on the graphs. For each case considered, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-07-16 Shisen Luo

At present, practical application and theoretical discussion of rough sets are two hot problems in computer science. The core concepts of rough set theory are upper and lower approximation operators based on equivalence relations. Matroid,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-09-26 Lirun Su , William Zhu

The results obtained in this paper grew from an attempt to generalize the main theorem of [1]. There it was shown that any circuit injection (a 1-1 onto edge map f such that if C is a circuit then f(C) is a circuit) from a 3-connected, not…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-12-11 Jon Henry Sanders

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 2020-07-03 Bill Jackson , Anthony Nixon , Shin-Ichi Tanigawa

This paper extends graphic statics by describing the forces and moments in any 3D rigid-jointed frame structure in terms of cell complexes using homology theory of algebraic topology. Graphic statics provides a highly geometric way to…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Allan McRobie

We consider the Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi evolution of random graphs, where a new uniformly distributed edge is added to the graph in every step. For every fixed $d\ge 1$, we show that with high probability, the graph becomes rigid in $\mathbb R^d$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-14 Alan Lew , Eran Nevo , Yuval Peled , Orit E. Raz

Graph databases have been the subject of significant research and development. Problems such as modularity, centrality, alignment, and clustering have been formalized and solved in various application contexts. In this paper, we focus on…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-08-09 Vikram Ravindra , Huda Nassar , David F. Gleich , Ananth Grama