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The topological complexity of pure graph braid groups is stably maximal

Algebraic Topology 2022-09-20 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove Farber's conjecture on the stable topological complexity of configuration spaces of graphs. The conjecture follows from a general lower bound derived from recent insights into the topological complexity of aspherical spaces. Our arguments apply equally to higher topological complexity.

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@article{arxiv.2206.06268,
  title  = {The topological complexity of pure graph braid groups is stably maximal},
  author = {Ben Knudsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.06268},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

9 pages. Minor changes. To appear in Forum of Mathematics, Sigma. May differ slightly from published version

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