RESEARCH IN PAIRS
Geometry and Control of Mechanical Linkages
January 12-23, 2015
January 12-23, 2015
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The aim of the project is to continue the study of configuration spaces of mechanical linkages (that is, mechanisms made of rigid bars joined at the endpoints by pin-joints) in the framework of an approach developed by the participants of the projectin the special case of polygonal linkage. Our approach is based on the investigation ofcritical points of various Morse functions on configuration spaces such as the oriented area, Coulomb energy and several other geometrically and physically meaningful functions. This approach has already led to substantial progress in various aspects of polygonal linkages.
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Participants
Giorgi Khimshiashvili (Ilia State University) Gaiane Panina (St Petersburg University) Dirk Siersma (University of Utrecht) Sponsor |