Shapes of tight Composite Knots

…by Jason Cantarella, AI LaPointe and Eric J. Rawdon :

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1110/1110.3262v1.pdf

I still hope that somebody will persuade those guys to modify their software program a little bit, so it will be able to compute open, 2-ends knots (stoppers), and open, 4-ends links (bends) as well…

(See also : http://igkt.net/sm/index.php?topic=1963 )

Ridgerunner is a program for tightening knots created by Jason Cantarella, Eric Rawdon, and Michael Piatek :
http://www.jasoncantarella.com/webpage/index.php?title=Ridgerunner

http://www.jasoncantarella.com/wordpress/software/ridgerunner/