On the rank function of the 3-dimensional rigidity matroid

International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 415-429

  Jackson, Bill ^a   Jordán, Tibor ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Rank function; Rigid graphs; Rigidity matroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750728920     PISSN: 02181959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0218195906002117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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