Rigidity and energy

DOI10.1007/BF01404753zbMath0485.52001MaRDI QIDQ1164268

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/142866

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic form cables convex polygon rigidity equilibrium stress rods energy methods framework bars energy functions struts Cauchy lemma

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Distance geometry (51K99) Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Global surface theory (convex surfaces à la A. D. Aleksandrov) (53C45)

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