Computing Pure Conditions in Edge Coordinates
Speaker:
Zvi Rosen, Florida Atlantic University
Date and Time:
Monday, June 14, 2021 - 1:40pm to 2:20pm
Location:
Online
Abstract:
Generic rigidity of a bar and joint framework in the plane is determined by the Pollaczek-Geiringer-Laman Theorem. However, given special positions for the vertices, the framework can still be infinitesimally flexible. The pure condition, introduced by White & Whiteley (1983), is a polynomial in the bracket algebra whose vanishing characterizes these special positions. We will describe various computational strategies to translate the pure condition into a relation on edge coordinates.