The mathematics of taffy pullers

DOI10.1007/s00283-018-9788-4zbMath1432.00038arXiv1608.00152OpenAlexW3106381600WikidataQ59425913 ScholiaQ59425913MaRDI QIDQ1649554

Jean-Luc Thiffeault

Publication date: 6 July 2018

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.00152

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinematics of mechanisms and robots (70B15) General applied mathematics (00A69) Dynamical systems involving homeomorphisms and diffeomorphisms of planes and surfaces (37E30)

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Uses Software

• Braidlab

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