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

Autor: Alexander, Gareth P., Kamien, Randall D.
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Liquid Crystals Reviews 10 (2022) 91
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1080/21680396.2022.2067257
Popis: We review the interpretation of Whitehead products in homotopy theory as an entanglement of topological defects in ordered media.
Comment: 7 pages, figures, the whole megillah
Databáze: arXiv