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1998 Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference
March 12-14, 1998
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA, USA

Organizers
John Kulesza, Kathy Alligood, Ronnie Levy

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Dynamics on configuration spaces of graphs
by
Robert Ghrist
University of Texas, Austin

We consider the problem of manoeuvering robots about in a factory setting. This leads naturally to examining flows on configuration spaces of planar graphs. The complexity of these problems can then be measured by the ßize" of braid groups on graphs.

Date received: February 5, 1998

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