Locked and unlocked chains of planar shapes

DOI10.1007/S00454-010-9262-3zbMATH Open1200.52010OpenAlexW3101771078MaRDI QIDQ5962351FDOQ5962351

Authors: Robert Connelly, Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Sándor P. Fekete, Stefan Langerman, Joseph S. B. Mitchell, Ares Ribó, Günter Rote 

Publication date: 22 September 2010

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-010-9262-3

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zbMATH Keywords

rigiditypolygonal chainsCarpenter's ruleadornmentsHinged dissectionslocked chainsmonotone motionSlender adornmentsunfolding chains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15)

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