Critical configurations of solid bodies and the Morse theory of min functions

DOI10.1070/RM9899zbMATH Open1441.52017arXiv1907.01896OpenAlexW3098376826MaRDI QIDQ5220243FDOQ5220243

Authors: O. V. Ogievetsky, S. B. Shlosman 

Publication date: 11 March 2020

Published in: Russian Mathematical Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the manifold of clusters of nonintersecting congruent solid bodies, all touching the central ball $Bsubsetmathbb{R}^3$ of radius one. Two main examples are clusters of balls and clusters of infinite cylinders. We introduce the notion of extit{critical cluster} and we study several critical clusters of balls and of cylinders. For the case of cylinders some of our critical clusters are new. We also establish the criticality properties of clusters, introduced earlier by W. Kuperberg.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.01896

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zbMATH Keywords

connected componentsGalois symmetriesrigid clusterscritical clustersconfigurations of ballsconfigurations of cylindersflexible clustersmaxima of non-analytic functionsplatonic configurations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25)

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