ELASTIC GRAPHS

An elastic graph is a graph with an elasticity associated to each edge. It may be viewed as a network made out of ideal rubber bands. If the rubber bands are stretched on a target space there is an elastic energy. We characterize when a homotopy class of maps from one elastic graph to another is loo...

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Main Author: DYLAN P. THURSTON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-01-01
Series:Forum of Mathematics, Sigma
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2050509419000045/type/journal_article