Combinatorial pseudo-Triangulations

dc.creatorOrden, David
dc.creatorSantos, Francisco
dc.creatorServatius, Brigitte
dc.creatorServatius, Herman
dc.date2003-07-29
dc.date2005-10-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:02:54Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:02:54Z
dc.descriptionWe prove that a planar graph is generically rigid in the plane if and only if it can be embedded as a pseudo-triangulation. This generalizes the main result of math.CO/0307347 which treats the minimally generically rigid case. The proof uses the concept of combinatorial pseudo-triangulation, CPT, in the plane and has two main steps: showing that a certain ``generalized Laman property'' is a necessary and sufficient condition for a CPT to be ``stretchable'', and showing that all generically rigid plane graphs admit a CPT assignment with that property. Additionally, we propose the study of combinatorial pseudo-triangulations on closed surfaces.
dc.description17 pages, 10 figures. Changes from v2: minor editing plus removal of a superfluous lemma. Changes from v1: Section 5 has been completely rewritten, after a referee complained (rightfully) that too many details were omitted. The rest only has minor corrections and stylistic changes. This version has been accepted in "Discrete Mathematics"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0307370
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0307370
dc.identifierDiscrete Mathematics 307:3-5, (2007), 554-566
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.disc.2005.09.045
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/129382
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectMetric Geometry
dc.subject05C10; 05C62
dc.titleCombinatorial pseudo-Triangulations
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