From graphs to tensegrity structures: Geometric and symbolic approaches

Publicacions Matematiques

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 279-299

  De Guzmán, Miguel ^a   Orden, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Form finding problems; Graphs; Polynomial elimination; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751309863     PISSN: 02141493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5565/PUBLMAT_50206_02     Document Type: Article

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