Knot Topology Links

Researchers

• University of Iowa
  • Dennis Roseman
  • Jonathan Simon
  • Ying-Qing Wu
  • Eric Rawdon
  • Monica Meissen
• Geometry Center
  • John Sullivan
• University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Louis Kauffman
  • Robert Grzeszczuk

Software

• ming (a knot minimizer package)
• Surface Evolver by Ken Brakke
• KnotPlot by Rob Scharein (the image above is from his home page)

General

• The Elegantly-Contrived Knot Page by Lloyd Burchill
• Tom Longtin has some extraordinary knot pictures plus a lot of other interesting objects with a mathematical or mechanical flavor.
• Check out Mark van Hoeij's singularity knots. He has some great animations as well.