Stick numbers and composition of knots and links

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-161

  Adams, Colin C ^a   Brennan, Bevin M ^a   Greilsheimer, Deborah L ^a   Woo, Alexander K ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Polygonal knots; Stick number; Torus knots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498805     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216597000121     Document Type: Article

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