Local structure of ideal shapes of knots

DOI10.1016/j.topol.2007.07.004zbMath1141.57002arXivmath/0204063MaRDI QIDQ2460841

Oguz C. Durumeric

Publication date: 16 November 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0204063

zbMATH Keywords

normal injectivity radius; thickness of knots; ideal knots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E30: Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching

53C21: Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions

53A04: Curves in Euclidean and related spaces

Related Items

Knot Tightening by Constrained Gradient Descent, LOCAL STRUCTURE OF IDEAL KNOTS, II CONSTANT CURVATURE CASE, What are the longest ropes on the unit sphere?, Nonuniform thickness and weighted distance, Locking constraints for elastic rods and a curvature bound for spatial curves, POLYGONAL KNOT SPACE NEAR ROPELENGTH-MINIMIZED KNOTS

Cites Work

• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• A generalization of Berger's theorem on almost 1/4-pinched manifolds. II
• Thickness of knots
• Möbius energy of knots and unknots
• Global curvature and self-contact of nonlinearly elastic curves and rods
• On the minimum ropelength of knots and links
• Möbius energy of thick knots
• Optimal paths for a car that goes both forwards and backwards
• On Curves of Minimal Length with a Constraint on Average Curvature, and with Prescribed Initial and Terminal Positions and Tangents
• A Mass Formula and Rank of<tex>$BBZ_4$</tex>Cyclic Codes of Length<tex>$2^e$</tex>
• Global curvature, thickness, and the ideal shapes of knots
• THE LOWER BOUNDS OF THE LENGTHS OF THICK KNOTS
• EXISTENCE OF IDEAL KNOTS
• Non‐recursive functions, knots “with thick ropes,” and self‐clenching “thick” hyperspheres
• Geometry and physics of knots