Min-type Morse theory for configuration spaces of hard spheres

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNT012zbMATH Open1315.55011OpenAlexW2072089840MaRDI QIDQ2929686FDOQ2929686

Authors Peter Bubenik, Matthew Kahle, Yuliy Baryshnikov

Publication date 14 November 2014

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.3061

zbMATH Keywords

configuration spacesMorse theoryhard spheres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory for dynamical systems, Morse-Conley indices (37B30) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80)

Abstract: We study configuration spaces of hard spheres in a bounded region. We develop a general Morse-theoretic framework, and show that mechanically balanced configurations play the role of critical points. As an application, we find the precise threshold radius for a configuration space to be homotopy equivalent to the configuration space of points.

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