The isomorphism problem for planar polygon spaces
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Graded rings and modules (associative rings and algebras) (16W50) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Moduli problems for topological structures (58D29)
Abstract: We give a proof of a Conjecture of Walker which states that one can recover the lengths of the bars of a circular linkage from the cohomology ring of the configuration space. For a large class of length vectors, this has been shown by Farber, Hausmann and Schuetz. In the remaining cases, we use Morse theory and the fundamental group to describe a subring of the cohomology invariant under graded ring isomorphism. From this subring the conjecture can be derived by applying a result of Gubeladze on the isomorphism problem of monoidal rings.
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