24 Dec
2012
24 Dec
'12
5:48 p.m.
On 12/25/12, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
Awful thought: What is the expected time at which a 3D random walk first becomes "knotted"? (W.r.t. pulling on the ends.)
Bearing in mind that the ends may in general lie deep within the convex hull of the walk, perhaps this question requires rather more careful definition ... WFL