Rigidity of Graphs and Frameworks: A Matroid Theoretic Approach

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Main Authors: Cruickshank, James, Jackson, Bill, Jordán, Tibor, Tanigawa, Shin-ichi
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Published: 2025
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author Cruickshank, James
Jackson, Bill
Jordán, Tibor
Tanigawa, Shin-ichi
author_facet Cruickshank, James
Jackson, Bill
Jordán, Tibor
Tanigawa, Shin-ichi
contents A $d$-dimensional (bar-and-joint) framework $(G,p)$ consists of a graph $G=(V,E)$ and a realisation $p:V\to \mathbb{R}^d$. It is rigid if every continuous motion of the vertices which preserves the lengths of the edges is induced by an isometry of $\mathbb{R}^d$. The study of rigid frameworks has increased rapidly since the 1970s stimulated by numerous applications in areas such as civil and mechanical engineering, CAD, molecular conformation, sensor network localisation and low rank matrix completion. We will describe some of the main results in combinatorial rigidity theory and their applications to other areas of combinatorics, putting an emphasis on links to matroid theory.
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spellingShingle Rigidity of Graphs and Frameworks: A Matroid Theoretic Approach
Cruickshank, James
Jackson, Bill
Jordán, Tibor
Tanigawa, Shin-ichi
History and Overview
Combinatorics
52C25
A $d$-dimensional (bar-and-joint) framework $(G,p)$ consists of a graph $G=(V,E)$ and a realisation $p:V\to \mathbb{R}^d$. It is rigid if every continuous motion of the vertices which preserves the lengths of the edges is induced by an isometry of $\mathbb{R}^d$. The study of rigid frameworks has increased rapidly since the 1970s stimulated by numerous applications in areas such as civil and mechanical engineering, CAD, molecular conformation, sensor network localisation and low rank matrix completion. We will describe some of the main results in combinatorial rigidity theory and their applications to other areas of combinatorics, putting an emphasis on links to matroid theory.
title Rigidity of Graphs and Frameworks: A Matroid Theoretic Approach
topic History and Overview
Combinatorics
52C25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11636