Tait conjectures [SEP] named after
Tait conjectures
The Tait conjectures are three conjectures made by 19th-century mathematician Peter Guthrie Tait in his study of knots. The Tait conjectures involve concepts in knot theory such as alternating knots, chirality, and writhe. All of the Tait conjectures have been solved, the most recent being the Flyping conjecture.
Background.
Tait came up with his conjectures after his attempt to tabulate all knots in the late 19th century. As a founder of the field of knot theory, his work lacks a mathematically rigorous framework,
Church, Edinburgh.
Topology.
The Tait conjectures are three conjectures made by Tait in his study of knots. The Tait conjectures involve concepts in knot theory such as alternating knots, chirality, and writhe. All of the Tait conjectures have been solved, the most recent being the Flyping conjecture, proved my Morwen Thistlethwaite and William Menasco in 1991.
Publications.
- "Dynamics of a Particle" (1856)
- "Treatise on Natural Philosophy" (1867); v. 1 and v. 2 (