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Computational Geometry Column 43
The concept of pointed pseudo-triangulations is defined and a few of its
applications described.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figur
Uniform Infinite Planar Triangulations
The existence of the weak limit as n --> infinity of the uniform measure on
rooted triangulations of the sphere with n vertices is proved. Some properties
of the limit are studied. In particular, the limit is a probability measure on
random triangulations of the plane.Comment: 36 pages, 4 figures; Journal revised versio
Liftings and stresses for planar periodic frameworks
We formulate and prove a periodic analog of Maxwell's theorem relating
stressed planar frameworks and their liftings to polyhedral surfaces with
spherical topology. We use our lifting theorem to prove deformation and
rigidity-theoretic properties for planar periodic pseudo-triangulations,
generalizing features known for their finite counterparts. These properties are
then applied to questions originating in mathematical crystallography and
materials science, concerning planar periodic auxetic structures and ultrarigid
periodic frameworks.Comment: An extended abstract of this paper has appeared in Proc. 30th annual
Symposium on Computational Geometry (SOCG'14), Kyoto, Japan, June 201
BPS Graphs: From Spectral Networks to BPS Quivers
We define "BPS graphs" on punctured Riemann surfaces associated with
theories of class . BPS graphs provide a bridge between
two powerful frameworks for studying the spectrum of BPS states: spectral
networks and BPS quivers. They arise from degenerate spectral networks at
maximal intersections of walls of marginal stability on the Coulomb branch.
While the BPS spectrum is ill-defined at such intersections, a BPS graph
captures a useful basis of elementary BPS states. The topology of a BPS graph
encodes a BPS quiver, even for higher-rank theories and for theories with
certain partial punctures. BPS graphs lead to a geometric realization of the
combinatorics of Fock-Goncharov -triangulations and generalize them in
several ways.Comment: 48 pages, 44 figure
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