# Tangent-point energies and ropelength as Gamma-limits of discrete tangent-point energies on biarc curves

@article{Lagemann2022TangentpointEA,
title={Tangent-point energies and ropelength as Gamma-limits of discrete tangent-point energies on biarc curves},
author={Anna Lagemann and Heiko von der Mosel},
journal={Advances in Continuous and Discrete Models},
year={2022},
volume={2023}
}
• Published 30 March 2022
• Mathematics
• Advances in Continuous and Discrete Models
Using interpolation with biarc curves we prove Γ-convergence of discretized tangent-point energies to the continuous tangent-point energies in the C1\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$C^{1}$\end{document}-topology, as well as to the ropelength functional. As a consequence, discrete almost minimizing…
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