The stick-knots tag has no wiki summary.
9
votes
3answers
432 views
Circle-arc number of a knot
I would like to build knots in $\mathbb{R}^3$ from arcs
of unit-radius (planar) circles, joined together at points where
the tangents match. Thus the knot will have
curvature $1$ at all but the ...
4
votes
4answers
475 views
Stick knot questions: simple but may not be easy
I have a few questions about nonplanar "stick circuits" (or hexagons and higher $n$-gons) that you might be able to help with:
(I know that $n=6$ is the minimum number of points to form a stick ...
2
votes
1answer
180 views
Min Bend Orthogonal Knots
I am seeking literature on 3D orthogonal drawings of knots,
especially minimum bend drawings.
An orthogonal drawing employs segments parallel to the axes of
a Cartesian coordinate system.
A bend is a ...
26
votes
1answer
1k views
Does this knot invariant distinguish trefoil chiralities?
Let $C_N$ denote the labelled configuration of $N^{th}$ roots of unity with $p_J = e^{\frac{2\pi iJ}{N}}$ for $J = 1\ldots N$.
As a corollary of something else I was playing around with, I recently ...
5
votes
2answers
344 views
Tangled Knot Function
I am seeking a function $f: \mathbb{R}^3 \to \mathbb{R}^3$
that has these properties:
(1) When iterated $n$ times starting from some $p$,
connecting the points in order
with segments and closing ...
8
votes
3answers
611 views
Efficient topological triangulations of non-convex polyhedra
Does every polyhedron in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with $n$ triangular facets have a topological triangulation with complexity $O(n)$?
Suppose $P$ is a non-convex polyhedron in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with $n$ ...
4
votes
2answers
512 views
Unknotting knots in 4D
Suppose one has a knot $K$ embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$;
but view $\mathbb{R}^3$ as a 3-flat in $\mathbb{R}^4$.
Of course $K$ is not a knot in $\mathbb{R}^4$.
I am wondering if there has been any study ...
7
votes
1answer
508 views
What are the statistics of prime knots in 3d Random walk?
This question on physics stackexchange http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/12973/the-entropic-cost-of-tying-knots-in-polymers has a formulation which is perhaps more appropriate for this forum.
...
18
votes
4answers
890 views
Complexity of random knot with vertices on sphere
Connect $n$ random points on a sphere in a cycle of
segments between succesive points:
I would like to know the growth rate, with respect to $n$, of the crossing ...
6
votes
1answer
516 views
Which knots' stick numbers are twice their crossing numbers?
Looking at a table of minimum stick numbers for knots (table here),
it seems the known upper bound of $2 c(K)$ in terms of the knot crossing number $c(K)$
is realized by the trefoil $3_1$—it ...
6
votes
2answers
564 views
Lattice Stick Number vs. Stick Number of Knot
Can the lattice stick number of a knot be bounded
by the stick number of the knot?
The stick number
$S(K)$ of a knot $K$ is the fewest number of segments
needed to realize it by a simple 3D ...
14
votes
2answers
371 views
Are there piecewise-linear unknots that are not metrically unknottable?
A stick knot is a just a piecewise linear knot. We could define "stick isotopy" as isotopy that preserves the length of each linear piece.
Are there stick knots which are topologically trival, but ...
