COMPUTING THE WRITHE OF A KNOT

DOI10.1142/S0218216501000913zbMATH Open1001.57025arXivmath/0406148OpenAlexW2039935931WikidataQ56032085 ScholiaQ56032085MaRDI QIDQ4541019FDOQ4541019

Authors: David Cimasoni 

Publication date: 30 July 2002

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the variation of the Tait number of a closed space curve according to its different projections. The results are used to compute the writhe of a knot, leading to a closed formula in case of polygonal curves.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406148

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zbMATH Keywords

lattice knotPL knotTait number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Genetics and population dynamics (92D99)

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• FORMULAE FOR THE CALCULATION AND ESTIMATION OF WRITHE

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