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Computer Science: Faculty Publications

2010

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A Note On Solid Coloring Of Pure Simplicial Complexes, Joseph O'Rourke Dec 2010

A Note On Solid Coloring Of Pure Simplicial Complexes, Joseph O'Rourke

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

We establish a simple generalization of a known result in the plane. The simplices in any pure simplicial complex in Rd may be colored with d+1 colors so that no two simplices that share a (d-1)-facet have the same color. In R2 this says that any planar map all of whose faces are triangles may be 3-colored, and in R3 it says that tetrahedra in a collection may be "solid 4-colored" so that no two glued face-to-face receive the same color.


Slider-Pinning Rigidity: A Maxwell-Laman-Type Theorem, Ileana Streinu, Louis Theran Dec 2010

Slider-Pinning Rigidity: A Maxwell-Laman-Type Theorem, Ileana Streinu, Louis Theran

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

We define and study slider-pinning rigidity, giving a complete combinatorial characterization. This is done via direction-slider networks, which are a generalization of Whiteley’s direction networks.