The space of clouds in an Euclidean space

Details The space of clouds in an Euclidean space The space of clouds in an Euclidean space

2002-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/math/0207107v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

27 pages; Latex

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We study the space $\nua{m}{d}$ of clouds in $\bbr^d$ (ordered sets of $m$ points modulo the action of the group of affine isometries). We show that $\nua{m}{d}$ is a smooth space, stratified over a certain hyperplane arrangement in $\bbr^m$. We give an algorithm to list all the chambers and other strata (this is independent of $d$). With the help of a computer, we obtain the list of all the chambers for $m\leq 9$ and all the strata when $m\leq 8$. As the strata are the product of a polygon spaces with a disk, this gives a classification of $m$-gon spaces for $m\leq 9$. When $d=2,3$, $m=5,6,7$ and modulo reordering, we show that the chambers (and so the different generic polygon spaces) are distinguished by the ring structure of their ${\rm mod} 2$-cohomology.

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