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| Title
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Knot Theory and its Applications
(slides) |
| Speaker
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Ortho Flint, Ph. D.
Department of Mathematics,
University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario
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| Day and Time
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Thursday, October 11, 2007, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
| Location
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Room BA B025 (basement)
Bahen Centre for Information Technology
University of Toronto - St. George Campus
40 St. George Street map - code BA |
| Organizers
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IEEE Toronto Computer Chapter, IEEE Toronto Engineering in Medicine & Biology Chapter
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| Contact
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Dennis
IEEE members and guests are welcome, no registration required.
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| Abstract
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This talk will be an introduction to the mathematical theory of knots, including Reidemeister moves, group codes and a complete invariant for a prime alternating knot or link. Knots are mathematical abstractions of the topological properties of knotting phenomena in Nature. The applications of knot theory include the analysis of biological systems, nanorobotics, statistical mechanics and so on. It is clear that Nature knows its topology and that knotting is not an undesirable consequence for long-chain molecules in a compactified space but rather the contrary, hence knot theory is a necessary tool for today's biologists and chemists who study or build such structures.
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| Biography
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Ortho Flint was a professional artist living abroad throughout the nineties which culminated with original work in pure mathematics. He received a M.A.
in mathematics (2003) and a Ph.D. in mathematics (2007) from the University of Western Ontario. He is currently working on the proof of his alternate formulation of the Four Colour Theorem. His research interests include Knot theory, Graph theory, Combinatorics, Complexity theory and Geometry.
For details about his research go to
http://www.math.uwo.ca/~dsmith6/website.html
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