Brunnian Ti-Links: Using Tiles to Generate Finite and Infinite Brunnian Links
Brian Mintz

Proceedings of Bridges 2024: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Culture
Pages 503–506
Short Papers

Abstract

While the usual goal of tying knots is to hold things robustly, Brunnian links are the other extreme: removing a single component will cause the link to unravel. This interesting property makes these delicate configurations unique amongst links. While there are sporadic finite constructions, and a few infinite families, few methods are known for constructing such links. In this paper, we briefly survey previous work on this topic, then introduce a novel system of generating Brunnian links based on decorated tiles. This yields a vast array of finite and infinite Brunnian links.

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