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Gordian Unknots

Authors	P. Pieranski, S. Przybyl, A. Stasiak
Categories	physics.comp-ph physics.class-ph
ArXiv ID	physics/0103080
URL	https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0103080

Abstract

Numerical simulations indicate that there exist conformations of the unknot, tied on a finite piece of rope, entangled in such a manner, that they cannot be disentangled to the torus conformation without cutting the rope. The simplest example of such a gordian unknot is presented.

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