Knot energies by ropes

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 799-807

  Diao, Y ^a   Ernst, C ^b   Janse Van Rensburg, E J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy of Knots; Knot Complexity; Knots; Thickness of Knots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031321874     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216597000431     Document Type: Article

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