Global curvature, thickness, and the ideal shapes of knots

DOI10.1073/pnas.96.9.4769zbMath1057.57500OpenAlexW2153292122WikidataQ36331188 ScholiaQ36331188MaRDI QIDQ4261054

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Publication date: 1 September 1999

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.9.4769

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