Möbius energy of thick knots

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-109

  Rawdon, Eric J ^a   Simon, Jonathan ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knot energy; M bius energy; Physical knots; Ropelength; Thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012940634     PISSN: 01668641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-8641(01)00263-2     Document Type: Article

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