Generalization of distance to higher dimensional objects
Soft Condensed Matter
2008-03-04 v1 Other Condensed Matter
Abstract
The measurement of distance between two objects is generalized to the case where the objects are no longer points but are one-dimensional. Additional concepts such as non-extensibility, curvature constraints, and non-crossing become central to the notion of distance. Analytical and numerical results are given for some specific examples, and applications to biopolymers are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0803.0102,
title = {Generalization of distance to higher dimensional objects},
author = {Steven S. Plotkin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.0102},
year = {2008}
}