Almost all circle polyhedra are rigid
Metric Geometry
2018-07-26 v1
Abstract
We verify the infinitesimal inversive rigidity of almost all triangulated circle polyhedra in the Euclidean plane , as well as the infinitesimal inversive rigidity of tangency circle packings on the -sphere . From this the rigidity of almost all triangulated circle polyhedra follows. The proof adapts Gluck's proof in~\cite{gluck75} of the rigidity of almost all Euclidean polyhedra to the setting of circle polyhedra, where inversive distances replace Euclidean distances and M\"obius transformations replace rigid Euclidean motions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1807.09355,
title = {Almost all circle polyhedra are rigid},
author = {John C. Bowers and Philip L. Bowers and Kevin Pratt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.09355},
year = {2018}
}