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Infinitesimal rigidity of symmetric bar-joint frameworks

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2015
<mark>Journal</mark>SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
Issue number3
Volume29
Number of pages28
Pages (from-to)1259-1286
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date30/07/15
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract


We propose new symmetry-adapted rigidity matrices to analyze the infinitesimal rigidity of bar-joint frameworks of arbitrary-dimension with Abelian point group symmetries. These matrices define new symmetry-adapted rigidity matroids on group-labeled quotient graphs. Using these new tools, we establish combinatorial characterizations of infinitesimally rigid two-dimensional bar-joint frameworks whose joints are positioned as generically as possible subject to the symmetry constraints imposed by a reflection, a half-turn, or a threefold rotation in the plane. For bar-joint frameworks which are generic with respect to any other cyclic point group in the plane, we provide a number of necessary conditions for infinitesimal rigidity.


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Date of Acceptance: 06/05/2015