Total curvature and packing of knots

DOI10.1016/j.topol.2006.04.002zbMath1114.57002arXivmath/0310365OpenAlexW2074185220MaRDI QIDQ857049

Jonathan K. Simon, Gregory R. Buck

Publication date: 14 December 2006

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0310365

zbMATH Keywords

average crossing number of knotscrossing number of knotscurvature of knotsropelength of knots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

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