Worm-like polymer loops and Fourier knots
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0305-4470,1361-6447
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/39/30/l04