title: Length of the tightest trefoil knot.
abstract: The physical sense of tight knots provided by the SONO algorithm is discussed. A method allowing one to predict their length is presented. An upper bound for the minimum length of a smooth trefoil knot is determined.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Computational and Semiconductor Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Nieszawska 5B/11, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baranska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pieranski
authors.forename: Sylwester
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Przybyl
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Rawdon