The Writhing Number of a Space Curve

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DOI10.1073/pnas.68.4.815zbMath0212.26301OpenAlexW2158275234WikidataQ24618221 ScholiaQ24618221MaRDI QIDQ5613776

F. B. Fuller

Publication date: 1971

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.68.4.815




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