02801nam 2200541 450 991081797090332120220818054646.00-8218-7894-80-8218-3200-X(CKB)3240000000069830(EBL)3113268(SSID)ssj0000629401(PQKBManifestationID)11374375(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000629401(PQKBWorkID)10731307(PQKB)11594267(MiAaPQ)EBC3113268(RPAM)12856328(PPN)197106323(EXLCZ)99324000000006983020020716h20022002 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhysical knots knotting, linking, and folding geometric objects in R³ : AMS Special Session on Physical Knotting and Unknotting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 21-22, 2001 /Jorge Alberto Calvo, Kenneth C. Millett, Eric J. Rawdon, editorsProvidence, Rhode Island :American Mathematical Society,[2002]©20021 online resource (356 p.)Contemporary mathematics,3040271-4132Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references.Contents -- Preface -- Physical knots -- The space of piecewise-linear knots -- Characterizing polygons in R3 -- Upper bounds for equilateral stick numbers -- An investigation of equilateral knot spaces and ideal physical knot configurations -- Topological effects on the average size of random knots -- Bringing an order into random knots -- The probability of knotting in lattice polygons -- Knotting in adsorbing lattice polygons -- In search of the ideal trefoil knot -- The crossing numbers of thick knots and links -- On thickness and packing density for knots and links -- Approximating ropelength by energy functions -- Conformal geometric viewpoints for knots and links I -- Curves, circles, and spheres -- The rupture of knotted strings under tension -- Classifying and applying rational knots and rational tangles -- Untangling some spheres in R4 by energy minimizing flow -- Convexifying polygons in 3D: A survey -- Infinitesimally locked self-touching linkages with applications to locked trees -- Biologic.Contemporary mathematics,. 304.0271-4132Knot theoryCongressesKnot theory514/.224Calvo Jorge Alberto1971-Millett Kenneth C.Rawdon Eric J.1970-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817970903321Physical knots4112807UNINA