Length of the tightest trefoil knot.
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.
Baranska
Justyna
J
Laboratory of Computational and Semiconductor Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Nieszawska 5B/11, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.
Pieranski
Piotr
P
Przybyl
Sylwester
S
Rawdon
Eric J
EJ