Workshop
Supercoiled helices: strut-free critical curves for ropelength
- John Sullivan (TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
Abstract
We describe the possible critical curves for the ropelength problem in the absence of struts, that is, curves minimizing length subject only to a limit on curvature. These includes certain concatenations of circular arcs and straight segments, as well as a two-parameter family we call the supercoiled helices
