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Non-Euclidean Crystallographic Rigidity

Combinatorics 2026-01-19 v2

Abstract

This paper establishes combinatorial characterisations of forced-symmetric and forced-periodic rigidity (under a fixed lattice) of bar-joint frameworks in non-Euclidean normed planes. In q\ell_q-planes for q(1,)\{2}q\in(1,\infty)\backslash\{2\}, we prove characterisations for forced-periodic rigidity and forced-reflectionally-symmetric rigidity. We also characterise forced-symmetric rigidity in this space with respect to the orientation-reversing wallpaper group Z2Cs\mathbb{Z}^2\rtimes\mathcal{C}_s, otherwise known as pmpm in crystallography. In the 1\ell_1 and \ell_\infty-planes, we provide characterisations for forced-periodic rigidity and forced-Z2Cs\mathbb{Z}^2\rtimes\mathcal{C}_s-symmetric rigidity. All of these characterisations are proved by inductive constructions involving Henneberg-type graph operations.

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@article{arxiv.2510.08128,
  title  = {Non-Euclidean Crystallographic Rigidity},
  author = {Jack Esson and Eleftherios Kastis and Bernd Schulze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.08128},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

30 pages, 13 figures

R2 v1 2026-07-01T06:26:36.207Z