The global rigidity of a framework is not an affine-invariant property

MaRDI QIDQ6314569FDOQ6314569

Authors: Victor V. Alexandrov 

Publication date: 25 February 2019

Abstract: It is well-known that the property of a bar-and-joint framework `to be infinitesimally rigid' is invariant under projective transformations of Eucliean $d$-space for every $dgeqslant2$. It is less known that the property of a bar-and-joint framework `to be globally rigid' is not invariant even under affine transformations of the Euclidean plane. In this note, we prove of the latter statement for Euclidean $d$-space for every $dgeqslant2$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of graph theory (05C90) Molecular structure (graph-theoretic methods, methods of differential topology, etc.) (92E10) General theory of distance geometry (51K05) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25)

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