Where the Wild Things Are: A Talk About Knot Theory.



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		Knot images: courtesy of Eric Rawdon and Michael Piatek (created using KnotPlot, a program for visualizing and exploring knots by Rob Scharein)
		In this lecture, Dr. Ken Millett, a leading knot theorist and UCSB professor of mathematics, will discuss the history, theory, and taxonomy of knots. As mathematicians have strived to categorize knots they have developed a wide range of techniques for representing and diagramming these enigmatic forms. Dr Millett will explore the diversity of these methods which capture the logic of knotty structures in images at once visually striking and rigorously informed. Today, the insights of knot theory are being bought to bear on understanding the structure of DNA and other macromolecules, and to fundamental issues in theoretical physics, including string theory. The event will include hands-on activities making knots and attempting to answer such questions as how much rope is required to make a specific knot, and how we can determine if two seemingly disparate knots might really be the same. The talk will be followed by a Seminar on presenting science for the general public. Dr Millett will be joined in discussion with Institute For Figuring director, Margaret Wertheim. The event will take place in Professor Elizabeth Gwinn's Science for the Public seminar class. All interested students and faculty are welcome to attend. For more information about Dr Millett's talk please see: [ link ]

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