Robert Connelly

Robert Connelly is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Cornell University. His research focuses on discrete geometry, particularly the geometry of rigid and flexible structures. He is interested in tensegrity structures, which are composed of sticks and strings that maintain their shape, and how these relate to distance geometry, packings, and coverings of spheres. His work also includes the theory of flexible surfaces and their applications to robotics, protein folding, and motion planning. Connelly's research intersects discrete geometry, algebraic geometry, and topology. He has published extensively on these topics, including work on the Kneser-Poulsen conjecture and tensegrity stability.

Robert Connelly is a Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University, specializing in Geometry, Discrete Geometry, Rigidity, Computational Geometry, and packing Problems. His research explores the mathematical properties of geometric structures, including the rigidity of frameworks, jammed packings, and tensegrity systems. Connelly's work often bridges theoretical mathematics with computational methods, as seen in his studies on the density of disordered packings and the stability of tensegrity structures. His contributions include resolving long-standing conjectures, such as the bellows conjecture, and advancing the understanding of geometric rigidity through both analytical and algorithmic approaches.