A Grad Student Solved the Epic Conway Knot Problem—in a Week

A Grad Student Solved the Epic Conway Knot Problem—in a Week

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https://www.wired.com/story/a-grad-student-solved-the-epic-conway-knot-problem-in-a-week/

In the summer of 2018, at a conference on low-dimensional topology and geometry, Lisa Piccirillo heard about a nice little math problem. It seemed like a good testing ground for some techniques she had been developing as a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin.

Original story reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent publication of the Simons Foundation whose mission is to enhance public understanding of science by covering research develop­ments and trends in mathe­matics and the physical and life sciences.