Equilibrium stressability of multidimensional frameworks

Oleg Karpenkov, Christian Müller*, Gaiane Panina, Brigitte Servatius, Herman Servatius, Dirk Siersma

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Abstract

We prove an equilibrium stressability criterion for trivalent multidimensional frameworks. The criterion appears in different languages: (1) in terms of stress monodromies, (2) in terms of surgeries, (3) in terms of exact discrete 1-forms, and (4) in Cayley algebra terms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)33-61
Number of pages29
JournalEuropean Journal of Mathematics
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The collaborative research on this article was initiated during “Research-In-Groups” programs of ICMS Edinburgh, UK. The authors are grateful to ICMS for hospitality and excellent working conditions. Christian Müller gratefully acknowledges the support of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) through projects P 29981. The authors acknowledge TU Wien Bibliothek for financial support through its Open Access Funding Programme.

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© 2022, The Author(s).

Funding

The collaborative research on this article was initiated during “Research-In-Groups” programs of ICMS Edinburgh, UK. The authors are grateful to ICMS for hospitality and excellent working conditions. Christian Müller gratefully acknowledges the support of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) through projects P 29981. The authors acknowledge TU Wien Bibliothek for financial support through its Open Access Funding Programme.

Keywords

  • Cayley algebra
  • Discrete multiplicative 1-form
  • Equilibrium stress
  • Framework
  • Lifting
  • Maxwell–Cremona correspondence
  • Self-stress
  • Tensegrity

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