Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 14, issue 6 (2014)

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The Euler characteristic of the configuration space of planar spidery linkages

Yasuhiko Kamiyama and Shuichi Tsukuda

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 14 (2014) 3659–3688

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2014.14.3659

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