Knot Theory

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• A Powerful New 'QR Code' Untangles Math's Knottiest Knots | Quanta Magazine — New computable knot invariant both strong and fast visualized as hexagonal QR code
• New Knot Theory Discovery Overturns Long-Held Mathematical Assumption — Wendt's 1937 additivity conjecture for knot unknotting numbers disproven after 88 years