Title
Sparse hypergraphs with applications in combinatorial rigidity.
Abstract
A hypergraph H = ( V , E ) is called ( 1 , k ) -sparse, for some integer k , if each subset X ¿ V with | X | ¿ k spans at most | X | - k hyperedges. If, in addition, | E | = | V | - k holds, then H is ( 1 , k ) -tight. We develop a new inductive construction of 4 -regular ( 1 , 3 ) -tight hypergraphs and use it to solve problems in combinatorial rigidity.We give a combinatorial characterization of generically projectively rigid hypergraphs on the projective line. Our result also implies an inductive construction of generically minimally affinely rigid hypergraphs in the plane. Based on the rank function of the corresponding count matroid on the edge set of H we obtain combinatorial proofs for some sufficient conditions for the generic affine rigidity of hypergraphs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.dam.2014.12.020
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Sparse hypergraph,Rigid framework,Affine rigidity,Generic rigidity
Matroid,Affine transformation,Rigidity (psychology),Integer,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Projective line,Constraint graph,Hypergraph,Combinatorial proof,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
185
C
0166-218X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.54
2
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tibor Jordán150.91
ViktóRia E. Kaszanitzky293.61