Symmetric tensegrity analogue of Connelly's theorem

Let (G^,p)(\hat{G},p) be a fully symmetric tensegrity framework, with cables and struts whose self-stress coefficients are denoted by ωij\omega_{ij}. A symmetry-preserving finite flex is a finite flex that preserves the framework's symmetry.

Symmetric tensegrity analogue of Connelly's theorem. If (G^,p)(\hat{G},p) has a cable or strut and no symmetry-preserving finite flex, then it has a fully symmetric, non-zero, proper self-stress satisfying

ωij>0\omega_{ij}>0

on cables and

ωij<0\omega_{ij}<0

on struts.

This would extend Connelly's theorem to fully symmetric tensegrity frameworks. The source presents it as a conjectural symmetry adaptation of the basic proof; no resolution is given here.

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Bernd Schulze and Walter Whiteley, “The orbit rigidity matrix of a symmetric framework”, arXiv:1006.0788 (2010).

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