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Rational topological complexity

Barry Jessup, Aniceto Murillo and Paul-Eugène Parent

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 12 (2012) 1789–1801

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2012.12.1789
Abstract

We give a new upper bound for Farber’s topological complexity for rational spaces in terms of Sullivan models. We use it to determine the topological complexity in some new cases, and to prove a Ganea-type formula in these and other cases.

Keywords

Topological complexity, Rational homotopy, robotics
Mathematical Subject Classification

Primary: 55M30, 55P62
References
Publication

Received: 22 March 2012
Revised: 11 April 2012
Accepted: 12 April 2012
Published: 24 August 2012
Authors
Barry Jessup
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Ottawa
585 King Edward Ave, Ottawa K1N6N5
Canada
Aniceto Murillo
Departmento de Algebra Geometría y Topología
University of Malaga
Ap 59, 29080 Malaga
Spain
Paul-Eugène Parent
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Ottawa
585 King Edward Ave, Ottawa K1N6N5
Canada