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Quantization of energy and writhe in self-repelling knots
Phoebe Hoidn, Robert B. Kusner, Andrzej Stasiak
Probably the most natural energy functional to be considered for knotted strings is the one given by the electrostatic repulsion. In the absence of counter-charges, a charged, knot…
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…