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Title: Whats in a Knot


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Whats in a Knot?
  • Michael Ehrenberg
  • October 13, 2005

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Differentiating Between Knots
  • Can this knot be untangled?

                                                
                           
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Whats in a Mathematical Knot?
Trivial Knot
Trefoil Knot
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Composite Knots
                            
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Knot History
  • Late 1800s
  • Universe filled with Ether
  • Lord Kelvin proposed each element has a signature
  • Signature based on knotting of element with
    ether

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Knot Applications
  • Late 1980s
  • DNA Tangling
  • Genetic Impact of Knots
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