Cyclic configurations of spherical polygons

DOI10.1134/S1064562413030083MaRDI QIDQ378167zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Grigory Giorgadze, Giorgi Khimshiashvili

Publication date 11 November 2013

Published in Doklady Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064562413030083

zbMATH Keywords

critical pointcyclic configuration of a linkagemoduli spaceMorse indexspherical polygon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Configuration theorems in linear incidence geometry (51A20) Convex sets in (3) dimensions (including convex surfaces) (52A15) Special polytopes (linear programming, centrally symmetric, etc.) (52B12) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Moduli problems for topological structures (58D29) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

Review text

Configurations of a geodesic polygonal linkage on the sphere (unit sphere of three dimensional Euclidean space), i.e. sets of points \(\{ v_i\}\) on the sphere \(S\) realizing given distances \(d(v_i,v_{i+1})=l_i\), where \(v_{n+1}=v_1\), are considered. It is assumed that they satify Euler type constraints, i.e. the sum of \(l_i\) is less than \(\pi\). The configuration is cyclic if all vertices lie on a circle. In a generic case they are nondegenerate critical points for a certain smooth function \(A\) defined on a moduli space (sum of oriented areas of triangles). Then the classical Morse index theory is applied. Proofs of the results are only outlined.

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• Cyclic configurations of spherical quadrilaterals
• On the Moduli Space of a Spherical Polygonal Linkage
• Cycloids Generated by Rolling Regular Polygons

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