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020 _a9780821878941 (online)
245 0 _aPhysical knots :
_bknotting, linking, and folding geometric objects in
_\mathbb {R}^3
_ : AMS Special Session on Physical Knotting and Unknotting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2122, 2001
260 _aProvidence, R.I. :
_bAmerican Mathematical Society,
_cc2002
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 340 p. : ill. (some col.))
490 _aContemporary mathematics
_vv. 304
_x10983627
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 _tPhysical knots ; The space of piecewiselinear knots ; Characterizing polygons in
_\Bbb R^3
_ ; 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
_\mathbf R^4
_ by energy minimizing flow ; Convexifying polygons in 3D: a survey ; Infinitesimally locked selftouching linkages with applications to locked trees ; Biologic
_rJonathan Simon ; Richard Randell ; Jorge Alberto Calvo ; Eric J Rawdon and Robert G Scharein ; Kenneth C Millett ; Tetsuo Deguchi and Miyuki K Shimamura ; Akos Dobay PierreEdouard Sottas Jacques Dubochet and Andrzej Stasiak ; E J Janse van Rensburg ; E J Janse van Rensburg ; Piotr Pieranski and Sylwester Przybyl ; Yuanan Diao and Claus Ernst ; Rob Kusner ; John M Sullivan ; R Langevin and J O'Hara ; O Gonzalez J H Maddocks and J Smutny ; Giovanni Dietler Piotr Pieranski Sandor Kasas and Andrzej Stasiak ; Louis H Kauffman and Sofia Lambropoulou ; Dennis Roseman ; Michael Soss and Godfried T Toussaint ; Robert Connelly Erik D Demaine and Gunter Rote ; Louis H Kauffman
650 _aKnot theory
700 _aCalvo Jorge Alberto
700 _aMillett Kenneth C
700 _aRawdon Eric J
856 _uhttp://www.ams.org/conm/304/
999 _c28721
_d28721