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The geometry of laid rope
From: Peter Smith
Date: 2010 Apr 14, 07:27 -0700
From: Peter Smith
Date: 2010 Apr 14, 07:27 -0700
While this is not quite a navigation topic, I think it's safe to say that most list members are interested in geometry and seamanship. This interesting paper shows why there is a single satisfactory way of laying up rope.
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1004/1004.0814v1.pdf
-- Peter Smith
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