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Discrete Morse theory for the moduli spaces of polygonal linkages, or solitaire on a circle
A. M. Zhukovaa, G. Yu. Paninabc a St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences
b St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of RAS
c St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract:
We construct an exact discrete Morse function on the moduli space of a planar polygonal linkage. A cellular structure on the moduli space is used, and the number of cells is minimised by employing discrete Morse theory.
Bibliography: 12 entries.
Keywords:
polygonal linkage, configuration space, cell complex, discrete vector field, exact Morse function.
Received: 22.02.2016 and 05.03.2017
Citation:
A. M. Zhukova, G. Yu. Panina, “Discrete Morse theory for the moduli spaces of polygonal linkages, or solitaire on a circle”, Sb. Math., 208:9 (2017), 1353–1367
Linking options:
https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/sm8677https://doi.org/10.1070/SM8677 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/sm/v208/i9/p100
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