Hyperbolic Symmetry Settles Rigidity on Higher-Genus Surfaces
Lifting frameworks to the hyperbolic plane turns surface rigidity into a finite gain-graph condition with a 2|V|-edge tightness rule.
Jul 13, 20264 min2607.05023
Discrete mathematics, graph theory, enumeration, and optimization.
Lifting frameworks to the hyperbolic plane turns surface rigidity into a finite gain-graph condition with a 2|V|-edge tightness rule.
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