Nice Knots
Cameron Browne

Proceedings of Bridges 2022: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Culture
Pages 309–312
Short Papers

Abstract

When drawing knots, practitioners tend to present their simplest projections. This paper investigates what constitutes a “nice” knot drawing and how this may be measured, and describes a simple method for identifying which face in a knot’s Gauss code to choose as perimeter in order to yield a “nice” drawing.

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