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