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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 E2\mathbb{E}^{2}, as well as the infinitesimal inversive rigidity of tangency circle packings on the 22-sphere S2\mathbb{S}^{2}. 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.

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@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}
}
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