Universality theorems for configuration spaces of planar linkages

Topology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1051-1107

  Kapovich, Michael ^a   Millson, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration spaces; Linkages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036836921     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-9383(01)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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