The quipu is a traditional Andean counting device that uses colored strings and knots in lieu of paper and numbers.

A Montana State fellow charts a path from physics and modeling to a form of pure math called category theory.

Whether you're an experienced adventurer or new to the game, there are a few knots that you should know how to tie. Here are three of the most useful knots, hitches, and bends. Red cordage tied ...

String figures shed light on cultural connections and the roots of mathematical reasoning. ScienceDaily . Retrieved January 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 12 / 241217131333.htm ...

The researchers applied mathematical knot theory to develop a computational method to create a DNA-like symbolic representation of each string figure. This enables the cross-cultural comparison of ...

Despite how frequently we deal with knots—in our shoelaces, in our corded earphones, in our holiday gift-wrapping—they might be giving us more trouble than we realized. Two researchers from ...

But it seems that knots are something that eludes most of us. Once a good sturdy knot is placed among similar but worse ones, our brains can’t immediately recognize the one we should go for.

Crafting string figures — a tradition found across the globe — might reveal a shared cultural heritage that spans thousands ...

When automated ships threaten their recovering ecosystem, it falls to Ah Ma and the crew of the Mousedeer to fight back.

Whether it's tying your shoelaces or doing up your tie, many of us use knots on a daily basis. Despite this, research has shown that humans are 'terrible' at judging knots. Scientists from ...

In the collaborative environment of the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, John Harlim combines applied mathematics and data science to develop methods for more-accurate ...