Maypole Dance of Braid Like Groups (2009)

[srean]

https://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/

[mathgradthrow]

the maypole group is indeed a subgroup of a braid group. juat add the pole itself as the rightmost strand.

[srean → mathgradthrow]

Ah ! Of course.

[srean]

Have been silently enjoying the recent interest of HN on topics of knitting and weaving. I find weaving far easier to understand.

Tempted to get a multi-shaft loom, but they are expensive.

[jiggawatts]

There are some interesting parallels between the algebra of fundamental particles in theoretical physics and braid groups. I suspect this is an artefact of the algebraic formalism, but the connection is hard to ignore.