title: Comment on "Writhe formulas and antipodal points in plectonemic DNA configurations".
abstract: We point out that the disagreement between the paper by Neukirch and Starostin [S. Neukirch and E. L. Starostin, Phys. Rev. E 78, 041912 (2008)] and ours [J. Samuel, S. Sinha, and A. Ghosh, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, S253 (2006)] is only apparent and stems from a difference in approach. Neukirch and Starostin are concerned with classical elasticity and individual curves while we focus on statistical averages over curves.
authors.affiliation: Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: Supurna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D004278:DNA, Superhelical / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemical_list: D004278:DNA, Superhelical