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

DOI10.1142/S0218216519500858zbMATH Open1441.57006arXiv0912.3282WikidataQ114072898 ScholiaQ114072898MaRDI QIDQ5221448FDOQ5221448

Authors: Y. Diao, Claus Ernst, Attila Pór, U. Ziegler 

Publication date: 25 March 2020

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

Abstract: For a knot or link K, let L(K) be the ropelength of K and Cr(K) be the crossing number of K. In this paper, we show that there exists a constant a>0 such that L(K) is bounded above by a Cr(K) ln^5 (Cr(K)) for any knot K. This result shows that the upper bound of the ropelength of any knot is almost linear in terms of its minimum crossing number.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

knotslinkscrossing numberthickness of knotsropelengths of knotsseparators of planar graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10)

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