Alternating Quadrisecants of Knots

arXivmath/0510561MaRDI QIDQ6476211FDOQ6476211

Publication date: 26 October 2005

Abstract: It is known that for every knotted curve in space, there is a line intersecting it in four places, a quadrisecant. Comparing the order of the four points along the line and knot we can distinguish three types of quadrisecants; the alternating ones have the most relevance for the geometry of a knot. In this paper we prove that every (nontrivial tame) knot has an alternating quadrisecant. This result had applications to the total curvature, second hull and ropelength of knots.

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