%0 Journal Article %T Following Knots down Their Energy Gradients %A Louis H. Kauffman %J Symmetry %D 2012 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/sym4020276 %X This paper details a series of experiments in searching for minimal energy configurations for knots and links using the computer program KnotPlot. %K knot %K link %K Simon energy %K ropelength %K KnotPlot %U http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/4/2/276