Pynchon-like joke?

[ish mailian]

Knotting into knot theory, log and line and latitude, is the rub
(frayed yes) recently, in the wind blows:

A new mathematical model predicts a knot's stability

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-mathematical-stability.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/math-makes-some-knots-stronger-180973925/

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 12:52 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Piece of string walks into a bar. bartender says “get out, we don’t serve
> your kind here”. Piece of string walks out starts twisting around, kind of
> musses himself up and walks back in. Bartender says “hey, didn’t I just
> kick you out?” Piece of string says, “no, I’m a frayed knot.
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