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Tangles, Rational Knots and DNA

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This paper draws a line from the basics of rational tangles to the tangle model of DNA recombination. We sketch the classification of rational tangles, unoriented and oriented rational knots and the application of these subjects to DNA recombination.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, M/C 249, University of Illinois, Chicago 851 S Morgan St. Chicago, 60607-7045, Chicago, IL, USA

    Louis H. Kauffman

  2. Department of Mathematics, National Technical University, Zografou Campus GR-15780, Athens, GREECE

    Sofia Lambropoulou

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Kauffman, L.H., Lambropoulou, S. (2009). Tangles, Rational Knots and DNA. In: Ricca, R. (eds) Lectures on Topological Fluid Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics(), vol 1973. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00837-5_3

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