Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4653960 European Journal of Combinatorics 2011 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

We show that the graph 2-sum of two frameworks is the underlying framework for the 2-sum of the infinitesimal and generic rigidity matroids of the frameworks. However, we show that, unlike the cycle matroid of a graph, these rigidity matroids are not closed under 2-sum decomposition.

Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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