Myfanwy Evans (U of Potsdam): Enumerating periodic tangles using periodic surfaces

Scientific Bio: Myfanwy’s Website

Using periodic surfaces as a scaffold is a convenient route to making periodic entanglements. I will present a systematic way of enumerating new tangled periodic structures, using low-dimensional topology and combinatorics, posing the question of how to best characterise these new patterns. I will also give an insight into applications of these structures.