Paper

The manuscript “Discriminant Varieties for Stick Knots and Links” by Alexander Kolpakov and Igor Rivin is authoritative for this project.

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The documentation summarizes the result and explains the accompanying code, but does not maintain a separate version of the mathematical argument. If a summary here and the manuscript ever differ, the manuscript controls.

The paper is version-dated August 2, 2026.