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Topological complexity of planar polygon spaces with small genetic code

Algebraic Topology 2016-01-21 v2

Abstract

We determine lower bounds for the topological complexity of many planar polygon spaces mod isometry. With very few exceptions, the upper and lower bounds given by dimension and cohomology considerations differ by 1. This is true for 130 of the 134 generic 7-gon spaces. Our results apply to spaces of n-gons for all n, but primarily for those whose genetic codes, in the sense of Hausmann and Rodriguez, are moderately small.

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@article{arxiv.1509.07811,
  title  = {Topological complexity of planar polygon spaces with small genetic code},
  author = {Donald M. Davis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.07811},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Minor corrections and major expansion. Many more cases covered

R2 v1 2026-06-22T11:05:42.476Z