Open AccessTopological Properties of the Braid Stirring Pattern
Author(s) -
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
forma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2189-1311
pISSN - 0911-6036
DOI - 10.5047/forma.2015.007
Subject(s) - braid , topology (electrical circuits) , braid theory , braid group , mathematics , pure mathematics , computer science , combinatorics , materials science , composite material
Put several rods in the fluid and stir them with the rules of braid. A beautiful and strange stirring pattern appears on the surface of the fluid. We name this pattern “the braid stirring pattern (BSP)”. We discuss the topological properties of BSP, for example, the tunnel number, the growth rate of tunnel length, and the ratios among tunnel lengths.
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