Linking of random p-spheres in Zd

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-70

  Soteros, C E ^a   Sumners, D W ^b   Whittington, S G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entanglement complexity; Higher dimensional links; Random linking; Statistical topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033478198     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216599000067     Document Type: Article

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