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Maypole Dance of Braid Like Groups (2009)
- srean 1y agoHave 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 1y agothe maypole group is indeed a subgroup of a braid group. juat add the pole itself as the rightmost strand.
- srean 1y agoAh ! Of course.
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- jiggawatts 1y agoThere 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.