Homotopy classification of knotted defects in bounded domains

DOI10.1007/S11005-025-02004-0MaRDI QIDQ6899009zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Yuta Nozaki, David R. Palmer, Yuya Koda

Publication date 17 November 2025

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11005-025-02004-0

zbMATH Keywords

defectsknotsliquid crystalsspatial graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10) Relations of manifolds and cell complexes with physics (57Z05) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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