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cond-mat.softMar 14, 2022
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citations (OpenAlex)
authors
  • Gareth P. Alexander
  • Randall D. Kamien
institutions
  • Philadelphia University
  • University of Warwick
arXiv abstractPDF
paper

Entanglements and Whitehead Products: Generalizing Kleman's Construction to Higher-Dimensional Defects

arXiv:2203.07311 · doi:10.1080/21680396.2022.2067257

Abstract

We review the interpretation of Whitehead products in homotopy theory as an entanglement of topological defects in ordered media.

7 pages, figures, the whole megillah

References in corpus (2)

  • Reconfigurable knots and links in chiral nematic colloids
  • Nematic braids: topological invariants and rewiring of disclinations
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