Geometric properties and problems of thick knots [electronic resource] / Yuanan Diao and Claus Ernst.
Material type: TextSeries: Mathematics research developments seriesPublication details: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.Description: 81 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 514/.2242 22
- QA612.2 .D53 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Some basic facts of knot theory -- Thicknesses of knots -- Ropelengths of knots -- Smooth knots vs knots on the cubic lattice -- Global lower bound on ropelength of knots -- General lower bounds on ropelength of knots -- General upper bounds on ropelength of knots -- Ropelength upper bounds for special classes of knots -- The spectrum of powers realizable by thick knots -- Total curvature of thick knots -- The linking number of a thick link with two or more components -- Some open questions.
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