The number of realizations of a Laman graph

Jose Capco, Georg Grasegger, Matteo Gallet, Christoph Koutschan, Niels Lubbes

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Abstract

Laman graphs model planar frameworks that are rigid for a general choice of distances between the vertices. There are finitely many ways, up to isometries, to realize a Laman graph in the plane. Such realizations can be seen as solutions of systems of quadratic equations prescribing the distances between pairs of points. Using ideas from algebraic and tropical geometry, we provide a recursion formula for the number of complex solutions of such systems.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationHagenberg, Linz
PublisherRISC, JKU
Number of pages42
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Publication series

NameRISC Report Series / Technical report

Fields of science

  • 101 Mathematics
  • 101001 Algebra
  • 101005 Computer algebra
  • 101009 Geometry
  • 101012 Combinatorics
  • 101013 Mathematical logic
  • 101020 Technical mathematics

JKU Focus areas

  • Computation in Informatics and Mathematics

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