Topological complexity of spatial polygon spaces

DOI10.1090/PROC/12998zbMATH Open1339.55002arXiv1507.01519OpenAlexW2964106840MaRDI QIDQ2809220FDOQ2809220

Authors: Donald M. Davis 

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using known results about their integral cohomology ring, we prove that the topological complexity of the space of n-gons in R^3 with prescribed side lengths equals 2n-5, assuming that the space is nonempty and does not contain any straight-line polygons.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.01519

Recommendations

• TOPOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY (WITHIN 1) OF THE SPACE OF ISOMETRY CLASSES OF PLANAR n-GONS FOR SUFFICIENTLY LARGE n
• Topological complexity of planar polygon spaces with small genetic code
• Topological complexity of some planar polygon spaces
• Relative topological complexity of a pair
• Topological complexity of configuration spaces

zbMATH Keywords

topological complexityspatial polygon spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Moduli problems for topological structures (58D29) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80) Lyusternik-Shnirel'man category of a space, topological complexity à la Farber, topological robotics (topological aspects) (55M30)

Cites Work

• The cohomology ring of polygon spaces
• Mod two homology and cohomology
• Invitation to topological robotics
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Topological complexity of planar polygon spaces with small genetic code
• Topological complexity of some planar polygon spaces
• Motion planning and control of a planar polygonal linkage

Cited In (10)

• Complexity of triangulations of the projective space.
• Topological complexity of \(n\) points on a tree
• Topological complexity of some planar polygon spaces
• On topological complexity of non-orientable surfaces
• \(K\)-theory and immersions of spatial polygon spaces
• Relative topological complexity and configuration spaces
• Relative topological complexity of a pair
• Topological complexity of certain moment-angle complexes
• Topological complexity of planar polygon spaces with small genetic code
• TOPOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY (WITHIN 1) OF THE SPACE OF ISOMETRY CLASSES OF PLANAR n-GONS FOR SUFFICIENTLY LARGE n

This page was built for publication: Topological complexity of spatial polygon spaces

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2809220)