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Centre for Dynamical Systems, Geometry and Combinatorics

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Handbook of discrete and computational geometryJ.

E. Goodman,J. O'Rourke

EditorsCRC Press 2004

R. Živaljević. Topological Methods.

Chapter 14, Handbook of Discrete and Computational Geometry

Configuration space-test map scheme for applications of topological methods in geometric combinatorics.

CONFIGURATION SPACE-TEST MAP SCHEME

CSTM-scheme is a general topological method for solving problems in combinatorics

and discrete geometry relevant for compu-tational

geometry, analysis of algorithms and computational mathematics in general.

CONFIGURATION SPACE-TEST MAP SCHEME

Key words and phrases:

(a) configuration spaces (b) test spaces(c) (equivariant) test maps

Equivariant

topological methods in geometric combinatorics