6.885: Folding and Unfolding in Computational Geometry (Fall 2004)

Prof. Erik Demaine

Lecture 4 -- Page 1 -- 50 DPI

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Lecture 4: Infinitesimal rigidity, tensegrities, stresses, duality, Maxwell-Cremona theorem, locked linkages, carpenter's rule theorem

Page 1: Infinitesimal rigidity: infinitesimal motions, rigidity matrix, rank and nullity, definition of generic point set, connections to rigidity and generic rigidity

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