Geometric properties and problems of thick knots / Yuanan Diao and Claus Ernst.
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| Superior document: | Mathematics research developments series |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mathematics research developments series.
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| Physical Description: | 81 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.