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Tangles, Rational Knots and DNA

  • Louis H. KauffmanEmail author
  • Sofia LambropoulouEmail author
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM, volume 1973)

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This paper draws a line from the basics of rational tangles to the tangle model of DNA recombination. We sketch the classification of rational tangles, unoriented and oriented rational knots and the application of these subjects to DNA recombination.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, M/C 249University of IllinoisChicagoUSA
  2. 2.Department of MathematicsNational Technical UniversityAthensGREECE

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