What is Knot theory?
[[File:Trefoil knot arb.png|thumb|The [[trefoil knot]] is the simplest mathematical knot. It is impossible to untie without breaking the 'rope'.]] '''Knot theory''' is the study of [[knot]]s in [[mathematics]]. In knot theory, the ends of the rope are attached so that there is no possible way for the knot to be untied. [[Peter Guthrie Tait]] was the first person to make charts describing mathematical knots in the 1860s. ==Related pages== * [[List of knots]] * [[Topology]] == Further reading == * [[Richard H. Crowell]] and [[Ralph Fox]], ''Introduction to Knot Theory'', 1977, {{ISBN|0-387-90272-4}} * [[Gerhard Burde]] and [[Heiner Zieschang]], ''Knots'', De Gruyter Studies in Mathematics, 1985, Walter de Gruyter, {{ISBN|3-11-008675-1}} * [[Louis H. Kauffman]], ''On Knots'', 1987, {{ISBN|0-691-08435-1}} {{Math-stub}} [[Category:Knots]] [[Category:Topology]]