On some knot energies involving Menger curvature

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2013.05.022zbMATH Open1282.49034arXiv1209.1527OpenAlexW2154396320MaRDI QIDQ387182FDOQ387182

Authors: Paweł Strzelecki, M. Szumańska, Heiko von der Mosel 

Publication date: 20 December 2013

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

Abstract: We investigate knot-theoretic properties of geometrically defined curvature energies such as integral Menger curvature. Elementary radii-functions, such as the circumradius of three points, generate a family of knot energies guaranteeing self-avoidance and a varying degree of higher regularity of finite energy curves. All of these energies turn out to be charge, minimizable in given isotopy classes, tight and strong. Almost all distinguish between knots and unknots, and some of them can be shown to be uniquely minimized by round circles. Bounds on the stick number and the average crossing number, some non-trivial global lower bounds, and unique minimization by circles upon compaction complete the picture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.1527

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zbMATH Keywords

Menger curvatureknot energiesself-repulsive energy functional

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

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