A century-old knot conjecture was wrong all along

2025-09-26

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Check out the paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.24088

Thanks so much to Mark Brittenham and Susan Hermiller at University of Nebraska at Lincoln for talking me through it.

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CORRECTIONS

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Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash

Written and performed by Matt Parker

Produced by Nicole Jacobus

Music by Howard Carter

Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician

Website: http://standupmaths.com/