Symmetric configuration spaces of linkages

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Abstract: A configuration of a linkage Gamma is a possible positioning of Gamma in mathbbRd and the collection of all such forms the configuration space mathcalC(Gamma) of Gamma. We here introduce the notion of the symmetricconfigurationspace of a linkage, in which we identify configurations which are geometrically indistinguishable. We show that the symmetric configuration space of a planar polygon has a regular cell structure, provide some principles for calculating this structure, and give a complete description of the symmetric configuration space of all quadrilaterals and of the equilateral pentagon.



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