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tbrownaw on July 9, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Einstein-Bohr debate settled once and for all

I found a page for geons, and I think I know what quasiparticles are, but what's a tangle in this context?

zmgsabst on July 9, 2022 [–]

A concept from knot theory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangle_(mathematics)

Which impacts dynamics/effects in various systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological_quantum_computer

https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys1504

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