Journal article
COMPUTING THE WRITHE OF A KNOT
- CIMASONI, DAVID Section de mathématiques, Université de Genève, Switzerland
- 2012-4-30
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- Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. - World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt. - 2001, vol. 10, no. 03, p. 387-395
English
We study the variation of the Tait number of a closed space curve according to its different projections. The results are used to compute the writhe of a knot, leading to a closed formula in case of polygonal curves.
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- DOI 10.1142/s0218216501000913
- ISSN 0218-2165
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/46031
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