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You’ve heard of String Theory. What about Knot Theory?

 UB knot theorist Bill Menasco. The whiteboard in the background depicts drawings of mathematical knots and surfaces that Menasco created from memory. Credit: Douglas Levere - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2016/02/017.html#sthash.1rCiO0em.dpuf

UB knot theorist Bill Menasco. The whiteboard in the background depicts drawings of mathematical knots and surfaces that Menasco created from memory. Credit: Douglas Levere – See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2016/02/017.html#sthash.1rCiO0em.dpuf

But take it from Bill Menasco, a knot theorist of 35 years: This field of mathematics, rich in aesthetic beauty and intellectual challenges, and has applications. It involves the study of mathematical knots, which differ from real-world knots in that they have no ends. Each one is a string that crosses over itself a number of times, then reconnects with itself to form a closed loop. Today, we know the study of knots could have applications in surprising areas...

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