Entanglements and Whitehead Products: Generalizing Kleman's Construction to Higher-Dimensional Defects

Gareth P. Alexander; Randall D. Kamien

doi:10.1080/21680396.2022.2067257

Entanglements and Whitehead Products: Generalizing Kleman's Construction to Higher-Dimensional Defects

Soft Condensed Matter 2023-12-04 v1 Statistical Mechanics General Topology

Authors: Gareth P. Alexander , Randall D. Kamien

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Abstract

We review the interpretation of Whitehead products in homotopy theory as an entanglement of topological defects in ordered media.

Keywords

whitehead products topological defects ordered media entanglement homotopy theory

Cite

@article{arxiv.2203.07311,
  title  = {Entanglements and Whitehead Products: Generalizing Kleman's Construction to Higher-Dimensional Defects},
  author = {Gareth P. Alexander and Randall D. Kamien},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.07311},
  year   = {2023}
}