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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2016
We have considered the problem of quasi-static evolution of a magnetic configuration as it is affected by shear motions at field line footpoints. It is found that, with a certain character of the shear motions at the field line footpoints, topological reconstruction will, by necessity, occur in the magnetic configuration. A pattern of magnetic field lines during the course of configuration restructuring is constructed.