2 papers
physics.comp-ph2001
Gordian Unknots
P. Pieranski, S. Przybyl, A. Stasiak
Numerical simulations indicate that there exist conformations of the unknot, tied on a finite piece of rope, entangled in such a manner, that they cannot be disentangled to the tor…
physics.bio-ph2000
Predicting Optimal Lengths of Random Knots
Akos Dobay, Pierre-Edouard Sottas, Jacques Dubochet +1
In thermally fluctuating long linear polymeric chain in solution, the ends come from time to time into a direct contact or a close vicinity of each other. At such an instance, the…