Mathematics – Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
2008-12-16
Mathematics
Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
In this paper we study geometric, algebraic, and computational aspects of flexibility and infinitesimal flexibility of Kokotsakis meshes. A Kokotsakis mesh is a mesh that consists of a face in the middle and a certain band of faces attached to the middle face by its perimeter. In particular any 3x3-mesh made of quadrangles is a Kokotsakis mesh. We express the infinitesimal flexibility condition in terms of Ceva and Menelaus theorems. Further we study semi-algebraic properties of the set of flexible meshes and give equations describing it. For 3x3-meshes we obtain flexibility conditions in terms of face angles.
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