Topological Complexity and the Lusternik-Schnirelmann Category

In recent years, a new field integrating robotics and topology was born, referred to by many as Topological Robotics, in which the main strategy is to use algebraic topological tools to get some insight into robotics problems. One of those problems is called the robot motion planning problem and is...

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Autor: Lier, Matias de Jong van
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:teses.usp.br:tde-09092021-104209
Acceso en línea:https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/55/55135/tde-09092021-104209/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Algebraic topology
Categoria de Lusternik-Schnirelmann
Complexidade topológica
Fibrewise topology
Genus de Schwarz
Lusternik-Schnirelmann category
Motion planning problem
Problema do planejamento de movimento
Schwarz genus
Topologia algébrica
Topologia fibracional
Topological complexity
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Sumario:In recent years, a new field integrating robotics and topology was born, referred to by many as Topological Robotics, in which the main strategy is to use algebraic topological tools to get some insight into robotics problems. One of those problems is called the robot motion planning problem and is the main motivation for this work. We present an in-depth study of Topological Complexity, discussing how it relates to the Motion Planning Problem, and the main methods for computing it for CW complexes and Smooth Manifolds, spaces of great interest in robotics. The concept of Lusternik- Schnirelmann category is introduced due to its connection with Topological complexity, both being particular cases of the more general concept of the Schwarz Genus of a fibration.