Knot complexity and the probability of random knotting
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
The probability of a random polygon (or a ring polymer) having a knot type should depend on the complexity of the knot . Through computer simulation using knot invariants, we show that the knotting probability decreases exponentially with respect to knot complexity. Here we assume that some aspects of knot complexity are expressed by the minimal crossing number and the aspect ratio of the tube length to the diameter of the {\it ideal knot} of , which is a tubular representation of in its maximally inflated state.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0207282,
title = {Knot complexity and the probability of random knotting},
author = {Miyuki K. Shimamura and Tetsuo Deguchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0207282},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, 4 figures