General position stresses

MaRDI QIDQ6437392zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Robert Connelly, Steven J. Gortler, Louis Theran

Publication date 21 May 2023

Abstract: Let $G$ be a graph with $n$ vertices, and $d$ be a target dimension. In this paper we study the set of rank $n-d-1$ matrices that are equilibrium stress matrices for at least one (unspecified) $d$-dimensional framework of $G$ in general position. In particular, we show that this set is algebraically irreducible. Likewise, we show that the set of frameworks with such equilibrium stress matrices is irreducible. As an application, this leads to a new and direct proof that every generically globally rigid graph has a generic framework that is universally rigid.

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