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Two robots moving geodesically on a tree

Donald M Davis, Michael Harrison and David Recio-Mitter

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 22 (2022) 785–814
Abstract

We study the geodesic complexity of the ordered and unordered configuration spaces of graphs in both the 1 and 2 metrics. We determine the geodesic complexity of the ordered two-point 𝜀–configuration space of any star graph in both the 1 and 2 metrics and of the unordered two-point configuration space of any tree in the 1 metric, by finding explicit geodesics from any pair to any other pair, and arranging them into a minimal number of continuously varying families. In each case the geodesic complexity matches the known value of the topological complexity.

Keywords
geodesic, configuration space, topological robotics, graphs
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 53C22, 55M30, 55R80
Secondary: 68T40
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Publication
Received: 2 July 2020
Revised: 8 December 2020
Accepted: 11 January 2021
Published: 3 August 2022
Authors
Donald M Davis
Department of Mathematics
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
United States
Michael Harrison
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton, NJ
United States
David Recio-Mitter
Department of Mathematics
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
United States