TY - BOOK AU - Calvo,Jorge Alberto AU - Millett,Kenneth C. AU - Rawdon,Eric J. ED - AMS Special Session on Physical Knotting and Unknotting TI - Physical knots: knotting, linking, and folding geometric objects in Rp3s : AMS Special Session on Physical Knotting and Unknotting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 21-22, 2001 T2 - Contemporary mathematics, SN - 9780821878941 (online) AV - QA612.2 .A47 2001 U1 - 514/.224 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Providence, R.I. PB - American Mathematical Society KW - Knot theory KW - Congresses N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Physical knots; Jonathan Simon --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05181; The space of piecewise-linear knots; Richard Randell --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05182; Characterizing polygons in $\Bbb R^3$; Jorge Alberto Calvo --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05183; Upper bounds for equilateral stick numbers; Eric J. Rawdon and Robert G. Scharein --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05184; An investigation of equilateral knot spaces and ideal physical knot configurations; Kenneth C. Millett --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05185; Topological effects on the average size of random knots; Tetsuo Deguchi and Miyuki K. Shimamura --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05186; Bringing an order into random knots; Akos Dobay, Pierre-Edouard Sottas, Jacques Dubochet and Andrzej Stasiak --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05187; The probability of knotting in lattice polygons; E. J. Janse van Rensburg --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05188; Knotting in adsorbing lattice polygons; E. J. Janse van Rensburg --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05189; In search of the ideal trefoil knot; Piotr Pieranski and Sylwester Przybyl --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05190; The crossing numbers of thick knots and links; Yuanan Diao and Claus Ernst --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05191; On thickness and packing density for knots and links; Rob Kusner --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05192; Approximating ropelength by energy functions; John M. Sullivan --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05193; Conformal geometric viewpoints for knots and links. I; R. Langevin and J. O'Hara --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05194; Curves, circles, and spheres; O. Gonzalez, J. H. Maddocks and J. Smutny --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05195; The rupture of knotted strings under tension; Giovanni Dietler, Piotr Pieranski, Sandor Kasas and Andrzej Stasiak --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05196; Classifying and applying rational knots and rational tangles; Louis H. Kauffman and Sofia Lambropoulou --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05197; Untangling some spheres in $\mathbf {R}^4$ by energy minimizing flow; Dennis Roseman --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05198; Convexifying polygons in 3D: a survey; Michael Soss and Godfried T. Toussaint --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05199; Infinitesimally locked self-touching linkages with applications to locked trees; Robert Connelly, Erik D. Demaine and G�unter Rote --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05200; Biologic; Louis H. Kauffman --; http://www.ams.org/conm/304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304/05201; Access is restricted to licensed institutions; Electronic reproduction; Providence, Rhode Island; American Mathematical Society; 2012 UR - http://www.ams.org/conm/304/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/304 ER -