Cyclohedron

Cyclohedron

In geometry, the cyclohedron or Bott–Taubes polytope is a certain (n − 1)-dimensional polytope that is useful in studying knot invariants.[1]

The configuration space of n distinct points on the circle S1 is an n-dimensional manifold, which can be compactified into a manifold with corners by allowing the points to approach each other. This compactification can be factored as S^1 \times W_n, where Wn is the cyclohedron.

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  1. ^ Stasheff 1997, p. 58.

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Further reading

  • Forcey, Stefan; Springfield, Derriell (December 2010), "Geometric combinatorial algebras: cyclohedron and simplex", Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics 32 (4): 597–627, arXiv:0908.3111, doi:10.1007/s10801-010-0229-5 
  • Morton, James; Pachter, Lior; Shiu, Anne; Sturmfels, Bernd (January 2007), "The Cyclohedron Test for Finding Periodic Genes in Time Course Expression Studies", Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 (1), arXiv:q-bio/0702049, doi:10.2202/1544-6115.1286 

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