Swap action on moduli spaces of polygonal linkages

DOI10.1007/S10958-013-1576-2MaRDI QIDQ2439409zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 14 March 2014

Published in Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.0126

zbMATH Keywords

braid grouppolygonal \(n\)-linkagesigned area functionswap actionvector area function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Polytopes and polyhedra (52B99) Moduli problems for topological structures (58D29)

Abstract: The basic object of the paper is the moduli space $M_{2,3}(L)$ of a closed polygonal linkage either in $mathbb{R}^2$ or in $mathbb{R}^3$. As was originally suggested by G. Khimshiashvili, the space $M_2(L)$ is equipped with the oriented area function $A$, whereas (as is suggested in the paper) $M_3(L)$ is equipped with the vector area function $S$. The latter are generically Morse functions, whose critical points have a nice description. In the preprint, we define a extit{swap action} (that is, the action of some group generated by edge transpositions) on the space $M_{2,3}(L)$ which preserves the functions $A$ and $S$ and the Morse points. We prove that the commutant of the group acts trivially, present some computer experiments and formulate a conjecture.

Review text

A polygonal \(n\)-linkage in \({\mathbb R}^ 2\) or \({\mathbb R}^ 3\) consists of \(n\) straight links with fixed lengths and revolutionary joins at the endpoints. The authors define an action on the set of all linkages by swapping neighbouring links. This action preserves the signed area function in \({\mathbb R}^ 2\) resp. the vector area function in \({\mathbb R}^ 3\). The authors show that the group induced on linkages of fixed lengths is abelian and make a conjecture on its structure.

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