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Reminds me a bit of knot theory, though knot theory isn't really as practical: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_theory
by allerratio 14y ago
Reminds me a bit of knot theory, though knot theory isn't really as practical:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_theory
- ColinWright 14y agoWe can use Braid Theory - a sub-discipline of Knot Theory - to talk about juggling. Juggling patterns are usually in a single plane, so imagine juggling while walking backwards with the balls leaving glowing trails. Those trails form a braid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_theory There are "invariants" for braids, which can then be used to distinguish juggling patterns. That can be used to show that the 3 Cascade is in some sense fundamentally different from Mills Mess. Mills Mess is actually the "Unbraid", something that's rather non-obvious.