Bäcklund transformations and knots of constant torsion

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 719-746

  Calini, Annalisa ^a   Ivey, Thomas ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B cklund transformations; Constant torsion; Knots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032359806     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216598000383     Document Type: Article

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