Thickness and crossing number of knots

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-257

  Buck, Gregory ^a   Simon, Jonathan ^b  

^a SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossing number; Energy; Knots; Ropelength; Thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944372663     PISSN: 0016660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-8641(97)00211-3     Document Type: Article

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