Rigidity Theory and Applications

Series Preface. Preface. Rigidity Theory. Generic and Abstract Rigidity; B. Servatius, H. Servatius. Rigidity of Molecular Structures: Generic and Geometric Analysis; W. Whiteley. Tensegrity Structures: Why Are They Stable? R. Connelly. The Role of Tensegrity in Distance Geometry; T.F. Havel. Applications to Networks. Comparison of Connectivity and Rigidity Percolation; C.F. Moukarzel, P.M. Duxbury. Rigidity Percolation on Trees; P.L. Leath, C. Zeng. Rigidity as an Emergent Property of Random Networks: A Statistical Mechanical View; P.M. Goldbart. Granular Matter Instability: A Structural Rigidity Point of View; C.F. Moukarzel. Rigidity and Memory in a Simple Glass; P. Chandra, L.B. Ioffe. Constraint Theory, Stiffness Percolation and the Rigidity Transition in Network Glasses; J.C. Phillips. Topologically Disordered Networks of Rigid Polytopes: Applications to Noncrystalline Solids and Constrained Viscous Sintering; P.K. Gupta. Rigidity Constraints in Amorphization of Singly- and Multiply-Polytopic Structures; L.W. Hobbs, et al. Floppy Modes in Crystalline and Amorphous Silicates; M.T. Dove, et al. Generic Rigidity of Networks Glasses; M.F. Thorpe, et al. Rigidity Transition in Chalcogenide Glasses; P. Boolchand, et al. Rigidity, Fragility, Bond Models and the 'Energy Landscape' for Covalent Glassformers; C.A. Angell. Entropic Rigidity; B. Joos, et al. Applications to Proteins. Molecular Dynamics and Normal Mode Analysis of Biomolecular Rigidity; D.A. Case. Efficient Stochastic Global Optimization for Protein Structure Prediction; Y. Zhou, R. Abagyan. Flexible and Rigid Regions in Proteins; D.J. Jacobs, et al. Flexibly Screening for Molecules Interacting with Proteins; V. Schnecke, L.A. Kuhn. Studying Macromolecular Motions in a Database Framework: From Structure to Sequence; M. Gerstein, et al. List of Participants. Index.