Some interesting article links for the mathematics, physics, chemistry and biochemistry of rope structures

 

Meeting Kasper Olsen in Copenhagen 2023

As a follow-up to our rope-making class activities, here are some interesting articles related to school and university topic around the science and math of rope (and even a bit of history!)

First, here's a link to a Google Scholar search for Bohr and Olsen's articles.

And here are links to some of the articles themselves (and there are more!):

Bohr, J., & Olsen, K. (2011). The ancient art of laying rope. Europhysics Letters, 93(6), 60004.

Olsen, K. W., & Bohr, J. (2013). A principle for ideal torus knots. Europhysics Letters, 103(3), 30002.

Astrom & Astrom demonstrating rope making at Bridges 2016

Åström, A., & Åström, C. (2021). Art and Science of Rope. Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, 409-442.

Olsen, K., & Bohr, J. (2010). The generic geometry of helices and their close-packed structures. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 125, 207-215.

Olsen, K., & Bohr, J. (2010). Hidden Beauty in Twisted Viking Neck Rings. arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4306.

Olsen, K. W., & Bohr, J. (2013). Transcription and the aspect ratio of DNA. New Journal of Physics, 15(9), 093008.