Models of random knots

DOI10.1007/S41468-017-0007-8MaRDI QIDQ1659256zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Chaim Even-Zohar

Publication date 15 August 2018

Published in Journal of Applied and Computational Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.10470

zbMATH Keywords

finite type invariantsmodels of random knotspetal numbersPetaluma modelrandom knotüber-crossing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability measures on topological spaces (60B05)

Abstract: The study of knots and links from a probabilistic viewpoint provides insight into the behavior of "typical" knots, and opens avenues for new constructions of knots and other topological objects with interesting properties. The knotting of random curves arises also in applications to the natural sciences, such as in the context of the structure of polymers. We present here several known and new randomized models of knots and links. We review the main known results on the knot distribution in each model. We discuss the nature of these models and the properties of the knots they produce. Of particular interest to us are finite type invariants of random knots, and the recently studied Petaluma model. We report on rigorous results and numerical experiments concerning the asymptotic distribution of such knot invariants. Our approach raises questions of universality and classification of the various random knot models.

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• plantri
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• GitHub

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