On a flow to untangle elastic knots

DOI10.1007/s00526-010-0328-0zbMath1205.35147OpenAlexW2124286761MaRDI QIDQ607803

Chun-Chi Lin, Hartmut R. Schwetlick

Publication date: 3 December 2010

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-010-0328-0

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bending energyMöbius energygradient flow for the total energy

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