On the cohomology classes of planar polygon spaces

DOI10.1090/CONM/702/14106zbMATH Open1404.55005arXiv1604.04188OpenAlexW2962740941MaRDI QIDQ4608463FDOQ4608463

Authors: Donald M. Davis 

Publication date: 16 March 2018

Published in: Topological Complexity and Related Topics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We obtain an explicit formula for the Poincare duality isomorphism H^{n-3}(Mbar(ell)) to Z/2 for the space of isometry classes of n-gons with specified side lengths, if ell is monogenic in the sense of Hausmann-Rodriguez. This has potential application to topological complexity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.04188

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zbMATH Keywords

cohomologyplanar polygon spacestopological complexity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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