On the zero-divisor-cup-length of spaces of oriented isometry classes of planar polygons

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2016.04.018zbMATH Open1419.55005arXiv1511.05783OpenAlexW2346933006MaRDI QIDQ284604FDOQ284604

Donald M. Davis

Publication date: 18 May 2016

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using information about the rational cohomology ring of the space of oriented isometry classes of planar n-gons with specified side lengths, we obtain bounds for the zero-divisor-cup-length (zcl) of these spaces, which provide lower bounds for their topological complexity (TC). In many cases our result about the cohomology ring is complete and we determine the precise zcl. We find that there will usually be a significant gap between the bounds for TC implied by zcl and dimensional considerations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.05783

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zbMATH Keywords

planar polygon spacestopological complexityzero-divisor-cup-length

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Moduli problems for topological structures (58D29) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19) Lyusternik-Shnirel'man category of a space, topological complexity à la Farber, topological robotics (topological aspects) (55M30)

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