Wendy Finbow

  1. The Rigidity of Spherical Frameworks: Swapping Blocks and Holes.

    Authors: Wendy Finbow, Elissa Ross, Walter Whiteley
    Subjects: Metric Geometry
    Abstract

    A significant range of geometric structures whose rigidity is explored for
    both practical and theoretical purposes are formed by modifying generically
    isostatic triangulated spheres. In the block and hole structures (P, p), some
    edges are removed to make holes, and other edges are added to create rigid
    sub-structures called blocks. Previous work noted a combinatorial analogy in
    which blocks and holes played equivalent roles. In this paper, we connect
    stresses in such a structure (P, p) to first-order motions in a swapped
    structure (P', p), where holes become blocks and blocks become holes.

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