English

Every knot is a billiard knot

Algebraic Geometry 2011-06-29 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We show that every knot can be realized as a billiard trajectory in a convex prism. This solves a conjecture of Jones and Przytycki.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1106.5600,
  title  = {Every knot is a billiard knot},
  author = {Pierre-Vincent Koseleff and Daniel Pecker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.5600},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

7p., 2 fig

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