Energy, ropelength, and other physical aspects of equilateral knots.

DOI10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00026-3zbMath1072.74533MaRDI QIDQ1873403

Eric J. Rawdon, Kenneth C. Millett

Publication date: 20 May 2003

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

energyThicknessKnot spacePolygonal knots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thin bodies, structures (74K99) Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15) Molecular structure (graph-theoretic methods, methods of differential topology, etc.) (92E10)

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