Dr. Ryan Grady (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU)

10/10/2022  4:10pm

Abstract: 

In this talk I will discuss the combinatorics/elementary number theory of a class of knots/links: 2-bridge links. I will introduce this class of objects and derive several recursive polynomials associated with these links. The roots of these special polynomials display a fractal-like pattern which leads to some natural questions (for which I have no answers).