The ropelengths of knots are almost linear in terms of their crossing numbers

DOI10.1142/S0218216519500858zbMath1441.57006arXiv0912.3282WikidataQ114072898 ScholiaQ114072898MaRDI QIDQ5221448

U. Ziegler, Attila Pór, Yuanan Diao, Claus Ernst

Publication date: 25 March 2020

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3282

zbMATH Keywords

knotslinkscrossing numberthickness of knotsropelengths of knotsseparators of planar graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

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