Fary-Milnor theorem

English

Etymology

Named after István Fáry and John Milnor, who proved it independently in 1949 and 1950.

Proper noun

Fary-Milnor theorem

  1. (mathematics) In knot theory, a theorem stating that three-dimensional smooth curves with small total curvature must be unknotted.
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