The Henneberg 2-extension conjecture in three-dimensional rigidity

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Let G=(V,E)G=(V,E) be a generically 3-isostatic graph, and let XVX\subseteq V satisfy

X=5.|X|=5.

Let ee and ff be distinct edges whose vertices lie in XX. An implied K4K_4 is a complete graph on four vertices formed by implied edges of a graph. The Henneberg 2-extension conjecture. If G{e,f}G-\{e,f\} contains no implied K4K_4 whose vertex set is a subset of XX, then the Henneberg extension obtained by removing ee and ff and adjoining a vertex with neighbour set XX is generically 3-rigid. This is the open Henneberg Conjecture of Graver, Tay and Whiteley, concerning sufficient conditions for preserving generic rigidity under three-dimensional Henneberg 2-extensions; the corresponding planar theory is well understood through Laman's theorem, but the three-dimensional case remains open.

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James Cruickshank, “On Spaces of Infinitesimal Motions and Henneberg Extensions”, arXiv:1305.0165 (2013).

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