Topological complexity of n points on a tree
Algebraic Topology
2018-03-16 v3
Abstract
The topological complexity of a path-connected space denoted can be thought of as the minimum number of continuous rules needed to describe how to move from one point in to another. The space is often interpreted as a configuration space in some real-life context. Here, we consider the case where is the space of configurations of points on a tree We will be interested in two such configuration spaces. In the, first, denoted the points are distinguishable, while in the second, the points are indistinguishable. We determine for any tree and many values of and consequently determine for the same values of (provided the configuration spaces are path-connected).
Cite
@article{arxiv.1607.08185,
title = {Topological complexity of n points on a tree},
author = {Steven Scheirer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.08185},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
33 pages, 13 figures. Corrected an error in the proof of Lemma 3.6