Generating large random knot projections

Physical And Numerical Models In Knot Theory: Including Applications To The Life Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 473-494

  Diao, Yuanan ^a   Ernst, Claus ^b   Ziegler, Uta ^b  

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

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1142/9789812703460_0023     Document Type: Chapter

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