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Research Interests: Knot Theory, Real Analysis

Recent Publications:

1. The Minimum of Knot Energy Functions;
co-author X. Dai, Journal of Knot
Theory and its Ramifications, Vol. 9, No. 6 (2000),
713-724.

2. Frame Wavelet Sets in R;
co-authors X. Dai and Q. Gu, to appear in
Proceedings of AMS.

3. The Thicknesses of Knots; co-authors C. Ernst and Jance Van.
Rensburg, Math. Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc.,
{\bf 126} (1999), 293-310.

4. Knots with Minimal Energies; co-authors
C. Ernst and Jance Van. Rensburg, Ideal Knots,
editors Stasiak et al, World Scientific Publishing Co., 1998.

5. The Complexity of Lattice Knots; co-author C. Ernst,
Topology and its Applications, Vol.90 (1998) 1-9.

6. In Search of a Good Polygonal
Knot Energy; co-authors C. Ernst and Jance Van. Rensburg,
Journal of Knot Theory and its
Ramifications, Vol.6, No.5(1997) 633-657.

7. Knot Energy by Ropes; co-authors C. Ernst and Jance Van.
Rensburg, Journal of Knot Theory and its
Ramifications, Vol.6, No.6(1997) 799--807.

8. Properties of Knot Energies; co-authors C. Ernst and Jance Van.
Rensburg, Topology and Geometry in Polymer Science, editors
S. G. Whittington et al, the IMA Volumes in Mathematics
and its Applications, vol103(1998) 37--48.

9. The Percolation of Linked Circles; co-author Jance Van.
Rensburg, Topology and Geometry in Polymer Science, editors
S. G. Whittington et al, the IMA Volumes in Mathematics
and its Applications, vol. 103(1998) 79--88.