Global knotting in equilateral random polygons

Citation
Y. Diao et al., Global knotting in equilateral random polygons, J KNOT TH R, 10(4), 2001, pp. 597-607
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF KNOT THEORY AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS
ISSN journal
02182165 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
597 - 607
Database
ISI
SICI code
0218-2165(200106)10:4<597:GKIERP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
In this paper, we study the knotting probability of equilateral random poly gons. It is known that such objects are locally knotted with probability ar bitrarily close to one provided the length is sufficiently large ([4]) FOP Gaussian random polygons, it has been shown that the probability of global knottedness also tends to one as the length of the polygon tends to infinit y [8]. In this paper, we prove that global knotting also occurs in equilate ral random polygons with a probability approaching one as the length of the polygons goes to infinity.