Linear Behavior of the Writhe Versus the Number of Crossings in Rational Knots and Links

Cerf, C.; Stasiak, A.

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Linear Behavior of the Writhe Versus the Number of Crossings in Rational Knots and Links

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A. Stasiak⁴

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Département de Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium
C. Cerf
Laboratoire d'Analyse Ultrastructurale, Bâtiment de Biologie, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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Cerf, C., Stasiak, A. (2007). Linear Behavior of the Writhe Versus the Number of Crossings in Rational Knots and Links. In: Monastyrsky, M.I. (eds) Topology in Molecular Biology. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49858-2_6

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