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Homology of the configuration spaces of quasi-equilateral polygon linkages

Author(s): Yasuhiko Kamiyama; Michishige Tezuka; Tsuguyoshi Toma
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 350 (1998), 4869-4896.
MSC (1991): Primary 55R55; Secondary 51N20
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Abstract: We consider the configuration space $M_{n,r}$ of quasi-equilateral polygon linkages with $n$ vertices each edge having length $1$ except for one fixed edge having length $r \; (r \geq 0)$ in the Euclidean plane $\mathbf{R}^{2}.$ In this paper, we determine $H_{\ast }(M_{n,r}; \mathrm{\bf Z})$.

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Yasuhiko Kamiyama
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa 903-01, Japan
Email: kamiyama@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

Michishige Tezuka
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara-Cho, Okinawa 903-01, Japan
Email: tez@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-98-02348-4
PII: S 0002-9947(98)02348-4
Keywords: Polygon, linkage, homology
Received by editor(s): December 21, 1995
Copyright of article: Copyright 1998, American Mathematical Society

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Yasuhiko Kamiyama, Michishige Tezuka, Topology and geometry of equilateral polygon linkages in the Euclidean plane, Quart. J. Math. Oxford Ser. (2) 50 (1999), 463-470.

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