2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/65315The paper provides bounds for the ropelength of a link in terms of the crossing numbers of its split components. As in earlier papers, the bounds grow with the square of the crossing number; however, the constant involved is a substantial improvement on previous results. The proof depends essentially on writing links in terms of their arc-presentations, and has as a key ingredient Bae and Park's theorem that an n-crossing link has an arc-presentation with less than or equal to n+2 arcs.11 pages, 14 figures. Replacement corrects EPS font problem in figureGeometric TopologyDifferential Geometry49Q10text