Unknotting and unlinking numbers Seminar
- Time:
- 14:30
- Date:
- 8 May 2015
- Venue:
- 54/8033
Event details
Pure Maths Colloquium
The unknotting number of a knotted curve in R^3 is the smallest number of times it has to pass through itself to become unknotted. This was studied by P. G. Tait in the 19th century, and by topoisomerase enzymes long before that. I will discuss some methods for computing these numbers.
Speaker information
Brendan Owens , Glasgow. Mathematics