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 Published On Aug 12, 2022

Combining Knot Theory with Free Groups with the aim of tackling a difficult mathematical puzzle.

Timeline:
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Definition of mathematical knots
01:57 - Equivalent knots
03:28 - Knot links
04:32 - Puzzle, the base case
06:38 - Generalization using knots
08:54 - Connection to Free Group
12:00 - One more inefficient solution
14:49 - Efficient solution
18:27 - Thank YOU!

Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O...

Background music:
There's Probably No Time by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/uvp/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

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