Isostatic block and hole frameworks

DOI10.1137/100801044MaRDI QIDQ2848549zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wendy Finbow-Singh, Walter Whiteley

Publication date 26 September 2013

Published in SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.0965

zbMATH Keywords

generic rigiditymathematical allosteryspherical polyhedravertex splitting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polytopes and polyhedra (52B99) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25) Kinematics of mechanisms and robots (70B15) Statics (70C20)

Abstract: A longstanding problem in rigidity theory is to characterize the graphs which are minimally generically rigid in 3-space. The results of Cauchy, Dehn, and Alexandrov give one important class: the triangulated convex spheres, but there is an ongoing desire for further classes. We provide such a class, along with methods to verify generic rigidity that can be extended to other classes. These methods are based on a controlled sequence of vertex splits, a graph theoretic operation known to take a minimally generically rigid framework to a new minimally generically rigid framework with one more vertex. One motivation for this is to have well-understood frameworks which can be used to explore Mathematical Allostery - frameworks in which adding bars at one site, causes changes in rigidity at a distant site. This is an initial step in exploring the possibility of mechanical models for an important behaviour in proteins.

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