Hamiltonian knot projections and lengths of thick knots

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 7-36

  Diao, Yuanan ^a   Ernst, Claus ^b   Yu, Xingxing ^c  

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

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossing number; Knots; Links; Rope length of knots; Thickness of knots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344514087     PISSN: 01668641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-8641(03)00182-2     Document Type: Article

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