Re:How the Most Useless Branch of Math Could Save Your Life
by contravariant on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:34PM
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Mathematical knots use endlessly slippery and stretchy rope. Most real knots operate on friction one way or another.
Anyway, as a more direct answer to your question, mathematical ropes use a single loop of rope. By definition the only one that can be tied this way (without breaking the rope) is the unknot.
There are several different real knots that can be tied from an unbroken loop of rope.
Anyway, as a more direct answer to your question, mathematical ropes use a single loop of rope. By definition the only one that can be tied this way (without breaking the rope) is the unknot.
There are several different real knots that can be tied from an unbroken loop of rope.