Elementary proofs of Kempe universality

DOI10.3318/PRIA.2017.117.04MaRDI QIDQ4596933zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors S. C. Power

Publication date 11 December 2017

Published in Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.09002

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinematics of mechanisms and robots (70B15) Plane and space curves (14H50) Real algebraic sets (14P05) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80)

Abstract: An elementary proof is given to show that a parametrised algebraic curve in the plane may be traced out, in the sense of A. B. Kempe, by a finite pinned linkage. Additionally it is shown that any parametrised continuous curve gamma: [0,1] to R^2 may be traced out by an infinite linkage where the valencies of the joints is uniformly bounded. We also discuss related Kempe universality theorems and give a novel correction of Kempe's original argument.

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