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Maypole Dance of Braid Like Groups (2009)

https://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/

by srean • 1 year ago

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srean2• 1 year ago

Have been silently enjoying the recent interest of HN on topics of knitting and weaving. I find weaving far easier to understand.

Tempted to get a multi-shaft loom, but they are expensive.

mathgradthrow• 1 year ago

the maypole group is indeed a subgroup of a braid group. juat add the pole itself as the rightmost strand.

srean2• 1 year ago

Ah ! Of course.

jiggawatts• 1 year ago

There are some interesting parallels between the algebra of fundamental particles in theoretical physics and braid groups. I suspect this is an artefact of the algebraic formalism, but the connection is hard to ignore.

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