New Stick Number Bounds from Random Sampling of Confined Polygons

DOI10.1080/10586458.2021.1926000OpenAlexW3184229601MaRDI QIDQ5056348

Thomas D. Eddy, Clayton Shonkwiler

Publication date: 8 December 2022

Published in: Experimental Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.00917

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo methodsknot theorystick numberrandom polygons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computer science (68-XX) Combinatorics (05-XX)

Related Items (4)

New superbridge index calculations from non-minimal realizations ⋮ All prime knots through 10 crossings have superbridge index ≤ 5 ⋮ The stick number of rail arcs ⋮ Knots with exactly 10 sticks

Uses Software

• KnotPlot
• stick-knot-gen

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