On the Genus of One Degree of Freedom Planar Linkages via Tropical Geometry

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Main Authors: Schicho, Josef, Tewari, Ayush Kumar, Warren, Audie
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Published: 2024
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author Schicho, Josef
Tewari, Ayush Kumar
Warren, Audie
author_facet Schicho, Josef
Tewari, Ayush Kumar
Warren, Audie
contents This paper focuses on studying the configuration spaces of graphs realised in $\mathbb C^2$, such that the configuration space is, after normalisation, one dimensional. If this is the case, then the configuration space is, generically, a smooth complex curve, and can be seen as a Riemann surface. The property of interest in this paper is the genus of this curve. Using tropical geometry, we give an algorithm to compute this genus. We provide an implementation in Python and give various examples.
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spellingShingle On the Genus of One Degree of Freedom Planar Linkages via Tropical Geometry
Schicho, Josef
Tewari, Ayush Kumar
Warren, Audie
Metric Geometry
Combinatorics
52C25, 70B15, 14T90
This paper focuses on studying the configuration spaces of graphs realised in $\mathbb C^2$, such that the configuration space is, after normalisation, one dimensional. If this is the case, then the configuration space is, generically, a smooth complex curve, and can be seen as a Riemann surface. The property of interest in this paper is the genus of this curve. Using tropical geometry, we give an algorithm to compute this genus. We provide an implementation in Python and give various examples.
title On the Genus of One Degree of Freedom Planar Linkages via Tropical Geometry
topic Metric Geometry
Combinatorics
52C25, 70B15, 14T90
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00449