https://jorisbukala.com/tags/knots/ Recent content in Knots on Joris Bukala | Math & ML Hugo -- 0.153.4 en-us Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:20:59 +0100 https://jorisbukala.com/posts/knot-theory/ Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:20:59 +0100 https://jorisbukala.com/posts/knot-theory/ <h2 id="playing-with-strings">Playing with strings</h2> <p>Knot theory is one of those topics where you start out by asking a very simple and natural question, follow a thread (<em>hehe</em>), then look around you and realize you&rsquo;re knee-deep in at least 5 fields of math.</p> <p>The central topic of interest within knot theory is - you guessed it - knots. A <strong>knot</strong> in this context can be thought of as just a piece of string that is attached together at the ends. So if you feel like it, go and grab a piece of string lying around your house, or cut open a rubber band or whatever. It&rsquo;s literally all you need.</p>