2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/77593This paper characterizes which subsets of C^n can be the set of positions of n points on a linkage in the complex plane C. For example, assuming compactness they are just compact semialgebraic sets. Noncompact configuration spaces are semialgebraics sets invariant under the Euclidean group, with compact quotient.6 figuresGeometric TopologyAlgebraic Geometry14P10;57R99Semiconfiguration Spaces of Planar Linkagestext