Compact surfaces as configuration spaces of mechanical linkages

Israel Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 122, Issue , 2001, Pages 175-187

  Jordan, Denis ^a   Steiner, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0035650331     PISSN: 00212172     EISSN: 15658511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02809898     Document Type: Article

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