Spaces of topological complexity one

DOI10.4310/HHA.2013.V15.N2.A4zbMATH Open1277.55001arXiv1207.4725OpenAlexW1981195325MaRDI QIDQ360564FDOQ360564

Gregory Lupton, John Oprea, Mark Grant

Publication date: 27 August 2013

Published in: Homology, Homotopy and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that a space whose topological complexity equals 1 is homotopy equivalent to some odd-dimensional sphere. We prove a similar result, although not in complete generality, for spaces X whose higher topological complexity TC_n(X) is as low as possible, namely n-1.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4725

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zbMATH Keywords

topological complexityLusternik-Schnirelmann categoryacyclic spaceco-H-spacehomology spheretopological robotics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Artificial intelligence for robotics (68T40) Lyusternik-Shnirel'man category of a space, topological complexity à la Farber, topological robotics (topological aspects) (55M30)

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