Continuous curves from infinite Kempe linkages

Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1105-1111

  Owen, John ^a   Power, Stephen ^b  

^a SIEMENS PLM SOFTWARE   (Belgium)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73149088432     PISSN: 00246093     EISSN: 14692120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/blms/bdp087     Document Type: Article

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