Topology bounds energy of knots and links

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 464, Issue 2090, 2008, Pages 293-300

  Ricca, Renzo L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crossing number; Helicity; Knots; Linking number; Magnetic energy

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; MILITARY DATA PROCESSING; SEDIMENTATION;

CROSSING NUMBERS; DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS; IDEAL FLUIDS; LOWER BOUNDS; MAGNETIC ENERGIES; MAGNETIC HELICITY; SUMMER SCHOOLS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 47149112617     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.0174     Document Type: Article

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