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We develop the properties of the $n$-th sequential topological complexity $TC_n$, a homotopy invariant introduced by the third author as an extension of Farber's topological model for studying the complexity of motion planning algorithms in…

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It has been observed that the very important motion planning problem of robotics mathematically speaking boils down to the problem of finding a section to the path-space fibration, raising the notion of topological complexity, as introduced…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Eric Goubault , Michael Farber , Aurélien Sagnier

In this paper, we associate to two given continuous maps $f,g: X\rightarrow Z$, on a path connected space $X$, the relative topological complexity $TC^{(f, g, Z)}(X):=TC_X(X\times _ZX)$ of their fiber space $X\times _ZX$. When $g=f$ we…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2018-09-28 Youssef Rami , Younes Derfoufi

Most existing temporal point process models are characterized by conditional intensity function. These models often require numerical approximation methods for likelihood evaluation, which potentially hurts their performance. By directly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Bingqing Liu

Farber introduced a notion of topological complexity $\TC(X)$ that is related to robotics. Here we introduce a series of numerical invariants $\TC_n(X), n=1,2, ...$ such that $\TC_2(X)=\TC(X)$ and $\TC_n(X)\le \TC_{n+1}(X)$. For these…

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This article presents a systematic method for designing time-varying Control Barrier Functions (CBF) composed of a time-invariant component and multiple time-dependent components, leveraging structural properties of the system dynamics. The…

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Multiple mobile manipulators show superiority in the tasks requiring mobility and dexterity compared with a single robot, especially when manipulating/transporting bulky objects. However, closed-chain of the system, redundancy of each…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Heng Zhang , Haoyi Song , Wenhang Liu , Xinjun Sheng , Zhenhua Xiong , Xiangyang Zhu

We describe and implement a randomized algorithm that inputs a polyhedron, thought of as the space of states of some automated guided vehicle $\mathcal{R}$, and outputs an explicit system of piecewise linear motion planners for…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-02-25 Carlos Ortiz , Adriana Lara , Jesus Gonzalez , Ayse Borat

We define a simpler notion of symmetric topological complexity more ad hoc to the motion planning problem which was the original motivation for the definition of topological complexity. This is a homotopy invariant that we call…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-01-25 Enrique Torres-Giese

In terms of Rudyak's generalization of Farber's topological complexity of the path motion planning problem in robotics, we give a complete description of the topological instabilities in any sequential motion planning algorithm for a system…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-01-13 Jesus Gonzalez , Mark Grant

We define and develop a homotopy invariant notion for the topological complexity of a map $f:X \to Y$, denoted TC($f$), that interacts with TC($X$) and TC($Y$) in the same way cat($f$) interacts with cat($X$) and cat($Y$). Furthermore,…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Jamie Scott

The machine learning based approaches efficiently solve the goal of searching the best materials candidate for the targeted properties. The search for topological materials using traditional first-principles and symmetry-based methods often…

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We introduce the topological complexity of the work map associated to a robot system. In broad terms, this measures the complexity of any algorithm controlling, not just the motion of the configuration space of the given system, but the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2019-01-30 Aniceto Murillo , Jie Wu

We study the parameterized complexity of maximum temporal connected components (tccs) in temporal graphs, i.e., graphs that deterministically change over time. In a tcc, any pair of vertices must be able to reach each other via a…

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We study an elementary problem of the topological robotics: collective motion of a set of $n$ distinct particles which one has to move from an initial configuration to a final configuration, with the requirement that no collisions occur in…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michael Farber , Sergey Yuzvinsky

The first-order (FO) model checking problem asks, given an FO sentence $\phi$ and a graph $G$, whether $G$ is a model of $\phi$. This problem is known to be $\mathsf{AW[*]}$-hard when parameterized by the quantifier rank of the formula. A…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Jan Jedelský

We present a braided circuit topology framework for investigating topology and structural phase transitions in aggregates of semiflexible polymers. In the conventional approach to circuit topology, which specifically applies to single…

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We give a self-contained and enriched review about topology properties in the rapidly growing field of topological states of matter (TSM). This review is mainly focus on the beautiful interplay of topology mathematics and condensed matter…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-10 Chunbo Zhao

We present a new approach to equivariant version of the topological complexity, called a symmetric topological complexity. It seems that the presented approach is more adequate for the analysis of an impact of symmetry on the the motion…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2015-06-12 Wojciech Lubawski , Wacław Marzantowicz