Drawing Knots with Tutte Embedding
Proceedings of Bridges 2023: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Culture
Pages 149–156
Regular Papers
Abstract
When drawing planar representations of mathematical knots, it is challenging to find 2D embeddings that minimise the amount of smoothing required to produce aesthetically pleasing results. This paper describes an approach based on Tutte embedding (TE) that produces simple planar embeddings of knot projections that do not require excessive smoothing to produce good drawings. The approach is described with examples and notes on its implementation.