Local structure of ideal shapes of knots

DOI10.1016/j.topol.2007.07.004zbMath1141.57002arXivmath/0204063OpenAlexW2071565676MaRDI 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 radiusthickness of knotsideal knots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

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