nLab Michael Farber

Michael Farber is Professor of Mathematics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London. His research interests focus on applied and computational topology, topological robotics, applications of topology to statistics and computer science.

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Selected writings

Definition and basic properties of topological complexity:

• Michael Farber, Topological complexity of motion planning (2001), arXiv:math/0111197;

On topological complexity of real projective space and connection with their immersion into cartesian space:

• Michael Farber, Serge Tabachnikov, Sergey Yuzvinsky, Topological robotics: motion planning in projective spaces (2002), arXiv:math/0210018;

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