The Rigidity of Infinite Graphs II

Inductive constructions are established for countably infinite simple graphs which have minimally rigid locally generic placements in R2\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${{\mathbb{R}}}^2$$\end{document}. This generalises a well-known result of Henneberg for generically rigid finite graphs. Inductive methods are also employed in the determination of the infinitesimal flexibility dimension of countably infinite graphs associated with infinitely faceted convex polytopes in R3\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${{\mathbb{R}}}^3$$\end{document}. In particular, a generalisation of Cauchy’s rigidity theorem is obtained.