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Students make their very own knots



Everybody has knots to play with



Students demostrate the Reidemeister moves



More student demonstrations -- this time, arithmetic mod 5



When adding mod 5, after you get to 5, you have to run all
the way back to 1



Some other students try it



Knot theory is hard



Students play with the models



Students work on coloring their own knots



A 5-coloring of a knot


 Dave Jensen - smmg@math.utexas.edu
Department of Math, UT Austin, 1 University Station C1200, Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 512-475-9138 | Fax: 512-471-9038 | Office: RLM 9.144