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Local writhing dynamics

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We present an alternative local definition of the writhe of a self-avoiding closed loop which differs from the traditional non-local definition by an integer. When studying dynamics this difference is immaterial. We employ a formula due to Aldinger, Klapper and Tabor for the change in writhe and propose a set of local, link preserving dynamics in an attempt to unravel some puzzles about actin.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, , , , , , US

    R.D. Kamien

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Received: 12 May 1997 / Revised: 10 July 1997 / Accepted: 10 October 1997

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Kamien, R. Local writhing dynamics. Eur. Phys. J. B 1, 1–4 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050145

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