Is this knot really different from that one?
You may stretch it, twist it and deform it — but you cannot cut the string or pass one strand through another.
How do you prove two knots are different?
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@philipmrussell.bsky.socialIs this knot really different from that one?
You may stretch it, twist it and deform it — but you cannot cut the string or pass one strand through another.
How do you prove two knots are different?
@wanjek.bsky.socialIs your knitwear coming undone? Well, it's non-Euclidean knot theory to the rescue. This could be the biggest advance in knitting since… since…actually, I don't know when.
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@nithecs.bsky.socialNITheCS Colloquium: ‘Knotty Situations in Biological (and Other) Physics’ by Prof Kristian Müller-Nedebock (SU)
📅 Monday, 7 Sept 2026
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