Quadrisecants give new lower bounds for the ropelength of a knot

Geometry and Topology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-26

  Denne, Elizabeth ^a   Diao, Yuanan ^b   Sullivan, John M ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 33644671180     PISSN: 13640380     EISSN: 13640380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2006.10.1     Document Type: Article

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