Swap action on moduli spaces of polygonal linkages
Metric Geometry
2011-11-21 v2
Abstract
The basic object of the paper is the moduli space of a closed polygonal linkage either in or in . As was originally suggested by G. Khimshiashvili, the space is equipped with the oriented area function , whereas (as is suggested in the paper) is equipped with the vector area function . The latter are generically Morse functions, whose critical points have a nice description. In the preprint, we define a \textit{swap action} (that is, the action of some group generated by edge transpositions) on the space which preserves the functions and and the Morse points. We prove that the commutant of the group acts trivially, present some computer experiments and formulate a conjecture.
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@article{arxiv.1107.0126,
title = {Swap action on moduli spaces of polygonal linkages},
author = {Mikhail Khristoforov and Gaiane Panina},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.0126},
year = {2011}
}