Favourite figures from thesis

Each figure is available as a PDF (for on-line viewing or printing) and as a GZIPPED encapsulated PostScript (better for inclusion into other documents). Please cite my thesis if you use these figures, the BibTeX entry can be found on my thesis page.

	Figure 3.23: Computing the Conway and Jones polynomials for the knot 63. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 3.31: Construction of a closed braid from a knot diagram. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 3.32: Flows on the Lorenz attractor. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 4.11: Projection of a +2-twist spun trefoil knot. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 5.4: Self-avoiding random walk on the cubic lattice (1022 steps). Joining the endpoints in a straight line results in a left-handed trefoil. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 5.20: Link of Lorenz knots with words x(yx)2, x(yx)3, xy(xy3)2, x3yxy3xy, and x(yx)5. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 7.5: Relaxation of the "monster" unknot. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 7.6: Relaxation of the "Freedman" unknot. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 8.4: Minimal-stick candidate for 10124 viewed along its three principal axes. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 8.5: Three minimal-stick torus knots in minimal EMD configuration. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 8.9: Rigid geometric achirality of figure-eight knot, after relaxation under the symmetric energy. Figure 8.10: Rigid geometric achirality of 83 knot, after relaxation under the symmetric energy. See also the achiral knot page. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 8.11: Relaxed figure-eight knot viewed along principal axes. Figure 8.12: Relaxed 83 knot viewed along principal axes. See also the achiral knot page and the symmetric minimal-stick candidate page. PDF GZIPPED PostScript
	Figure 8.14: Closed braid with [complex word] and the knot after simplification (centre). See also the hyperbolic knot census page. PDF GZIPPED PostScript

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