You’ve heard of string theory. What about knot theory?

February 10, 2016:
The University at Buffalo Reporter asks “You’ve heard of string theory. What about knot theory?”
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And there is also a cryptographic concept about “braids”.

An Introduction to the Mathematics of Braids

Abstract: Braids are abstract mathematical objects. The connection between the braid group, which is infinite, and the collections of permutations, which is finite, facilitates the development of cryptographic applications of the braid group including the Algebraic Eraser.

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