Geometric properties and problems of thick knots
By: Yuanan Diao and Claus Ernst.
Contributors: Ernst, Claus.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781607410706
Subjects: Knot theory
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Some basic facts of knot theory; title: Thicknesses of knots; title: Ropelengths of knots; title: Smooth knots vs knots on the cubic lattice; title: Global lower bound on ropelength of knots; title: General lower bounds on ropelength of knots; title: General upper bounds on ropelength of knots; title: Ropelength upper bounds for special classes of knots; title: The spectrum of powers realizable by thick knots; title: Total curvature of thick knots; title: The linking number of a thick link with two or more components; title: Some open questions.