The cat's cradle, stirring, and topological complexity
| dc.creator | Thiffeault, Jean-Luc | |
| dc.creator | Lanneau, Erwan | |
| dc.creator | Matz, Sarah | |
| dc.date | 2009-04-05 | |
| dc.date | 2009-05-08 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T13:12:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T13:12:32Z | |
| dc.description | There are several physical situations in which the `tangling' of a loop is relevant: the game of cat's cradle is a simple example, but a more important application involves the stirring of a fluid by rods. Here we discuss how elementary topology constrains the types of mappings that can occur on a surface, for example when the surface is the domain of a two-dimensional fluid. | |
| dc.description | 7 pages, 5 figures, PDFLatex with RevTeX4. Published in Dynamical Systems Magazine (http://www.dynamicalsystems.org/ma/ma/display?item=292) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0778 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0778 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/229607 | |
| dc.subject | Chaotic Dynamics | |
| dc.title | The cat's cradle, stirring, and topological complexity | |
| dc.type | text |