Min-type Morse theory for configuration spaces of hard spheres

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNT012zbMATH Open1315.55011arXiv1108.3061OpenAlexW2072089840MaRDI 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)

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.

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

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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)

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