Homotopic distance and generalized motion planning
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Publication:6368680
DOI10.1007/S00009-022-02166-4arXiv2105.13006MaRDI QIDQ6368680FDOQ6368680
Authors: Enrique Macias-Virgós, David Mosquera-Lois, M. J. Pereira-Sáez 
Publication date: 27 May 2021
Abstract: We prove that the homotopic distance between two maps defined on a manifold is bounded above by the sum of their subspace distances on the critical submanifol of any Morse-Bott function. This generalizes the Lusternik-Schnirelmann theorem (for Morse functions), and a similar result by Farber for the topological complexity. Analogously, we prove that, for analytic manifolds, the homotopic distance is bounded by the sum of the subspace distances on any submanifold and its cut locus. As an application, we show how navigation functions can be used to solve a generalized motion planning problem.
Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Lyusternik-Shnirel'man category of a space, topological complexity à la Farber, topological robotics (topological aspects) (55M30)
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