On the k-volume rigidity of a simplicial complex in ℝ d

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Abstract

We define a generic rigidity matroid for k-volumes of a simplicial complex in Rd and prove that for 2 ≤ k ≤ d − 1 it has the same rank as the classical generic d-rigidity matroid on the same vertex set (namely, the case k = 1). This is in contrast with the k = d case, previously studied by Lubetzky and Peled, which presents a different behavior. We conjecture a characterization for the bases of this matroid in terms of d-rigidity of the 1-skeleton of the complex and a combinatorial Hall condition on incidences of edges in k-faces.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere195
JournalForum of Mathematics, Sigma
Volume13
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Dec 2025

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