The beta function of a knot
dg-ga
2007-05-23 v2 Differential Geometry
Abstract
We introduce the beta function of a knot in euclidean three-space. This is a meromorphic function of a complex variable which we prove admits a Bernstein type functional equation. We determine the first residues.
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@article{arxiv.dg-ga/9710011,
title = {The beta function of a knot},
author = {Jean-Luc Brylinski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:dg-ga/9710011},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
plain TeX; the new version discusses the relation with the M\"obius energy for knots