Tutte's barycenter method applied to isotopies (Q1395577)
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Tutte's barycenter method applied to isotopies (English)
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1 July 2003
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A barycentric embedding theorem of \textit{W. T. Tutte} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., III. Ser. 13, 743-768 (1963; Zbl 0115.40805)] is applied, along with the computation of equlibrium stresses of graphs using the Maxwell-Cremona theorem from rigidity theory, to build isotopies of triangulations in the plane. A counterexample is provided to show that the analog of Tutte's theorem in dimension 3 is false.
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barycentric embedding theorem
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planar graph
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triangulation
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isotopy
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Maxwell-Cremona correspondence
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simplicial complex
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