Twist
The twist of a ribbon measures how much it twists around its axis and is defined as the integral of the incremental twistaround the ribbon. Letting Lk be the linking number of the two components of a ribbon, Tw be the twist, and Wr be theWrithe, then
(Adams 1994, p. 187).See also Screw, Writhe
References
Adams, C. C. The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots. New York: W. H. Freeman, 1994.
- Chebyshev Phenomenon
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- Chebyshev Polynomial of the Second Kind
- Chebyshev Quadrature
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- Chebyshev's Theorem
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- Chebyshev-Sylvester Constant
- Checkerboard
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- Chefalo Knot
- Chen's Theorem
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