Abstract
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 loosening, that is, decreases this elastic energy for all possible targets. This fits into a more general framework of energies for maps between graphs.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Computational Mathematics,Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics,Geometry and Topology,Mathematical Physics,Statistics and Probability,Algebra and Number Theory,Theoretical Computer Science,Analysis
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