In a pair of lectures at Bates, mathematician Colin Adams will explore the ins and outs of knots. The Thomas T. Read Professor of Mathematics at Williams College, Adams will combine laughs and math as ...

2/11/1991 “All Tied Up in Knots (Knotting Theory in the Natural Sciences: Untangling some of the Knotty Mysteries of DNA)” ...

Knot theory began as an attempt to understand the fundamental makeup of the universe. In 1867, when scientists were eagerly trying to figure out what could possibly account for all the different kinds ...

Three high schoolers and their mentor revisited a century-old theorem to prove that all knots can be found in a fractal called the Menger sponge. In the fall of 2021, Malors Espinosa set out to devise ...

MIT researchers develop a mathematical model to predict a knot’s stability with the help of color-changing fibers. Photo by Joseph Sandt Knots are some of the oldest and most-used technologies that ...

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to ...

Mathematicians say knots cannot exist in four-dimensional space. (Image: Canva) Knots cannot exist in four-dimensional space, say mathematicians. In 4D, any knot can be untied without cutting the rope ...