Knot TheoryThe mathematical study of knots. Knot theory considers questions such as the following: 1. Given a tangled loop of string, is it really knotted or can it, with enough ingenuity and/or luck, be untangled without having to cut it? 2. More generally, given two tangled loops of...
A young mathematician has proven, after decades, that Conway's knot is not slice. Here's a closer look at knot theory, and what the math breakthrough means.
Adams, ColinDepartment of Mathematics, Williams College, Williamstown, USADeng, QingyingSchool of Mathematics and Computational Science, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, ChinaKamada, SeiichiDepartment of Mathematics, Osaka University, Osaka, JapanKim, Seongjeong...
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Knotty problems - and real-world solutions: knot theory, once a math backwater, turns out to have applications that extend all the way to clinical medicine.Cipra, Barry
make a knot 3 units from one end and another 5 units from the other end, and then knot the ends together to form a loop. However, the Egyptianscribeshave not left us instructions about these procedures, much less any hint that they knew how to generalize them to obtain thePythagorean the...