7 Luglio, 2005 17:00
Seminario Matematico e Fisico di Milano
Rational knots, rational tangles and DNA
Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois, Chicago (Stati Uniti)
Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni - Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca - Via Cozzi, 53 - Aula 3014
Abstract
This talk will give elementary proofs (due to Jay Goldman, Sofia Lambropoulou and LK) of the Conway classification of rational tangles, and we will sketch the classification of rational knots and links by using methods developed with Sofia Lambropoulou. This is very beautiful elementary topoloogy that applies to the study of DNA recombination. The talk will discuss how this knot theory is used to study DNA.