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In mathematics (differential geometry) by a ribbon (or strip) is meant a smooth space curve given by a three-dimensional vector , depending continuously on the curve arc-length (), together with a smoothly varying unit vector perpendicular to at each point (Blaschke 1950). The ribbon is called ''simple'' and ''closed'' if is simple (i.e. without self-intersections) and closed and if and all its derivatives agree at and . For any simple closed ribbon the curves given parametrically by are, for all sufficiently small positive , simple closed curves disjoint from . The ribbon concept plays an important role in the Cǎlugǎreǎnu-White-Fuller formula (Fuller 1971), that states that : where is the asymptotic (Gauss) linking number (a topological quantity), denotes the total writhing number (or simply writhe) and is the total twist number (or simply twist). Ribbon theory investigates geometric and topological aspects of a mathematical reference ribbon associated with physical and biological properties, such as those arising in topological fluid dynamics, DNA modeling and in material science. ==References== *Blaschke, W. (1950) ''Einführung in die Differentialgeometrie''. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783817115495 *Fuller, F.B. (1971) (The writhing number of a space curve ). ''PNAS USA'' 68, 815-819. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ribbon (mathematics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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