Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation

mathematical notation for describing the structure of knots
Thing notation Q5302692
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Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation

Summary

Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation is a notation[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (notation category, ranking #33 of 35).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation is credited with the discovery of Clifford Hugh Dowker[3].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation is credited with the discovery of Morwen Thistlethwaite[4].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's instance of is recorded as notation[5].
  • Clifford Hugh Dowker is named after Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation[6].
  • Morwen Thistlethwaite is named after Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation[7].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's part of is recorded as knot theory[8].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025tl7n[10].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's described at URL is recorded as https://knotinfo.math.indiana.edu/descriptions/dt_notation.html[11].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's described at URL is recorded as http://katlas.math.toronto.edu/wiki/DT_(Dowker-Thistlethwaite)_Codes[12].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's represents is recorded as link[13].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's described by source is recorded as Classification of knot projections[14].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8378[15].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's different from is recorded as Gauss notation[16].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's different from is recorded as Alexander-Briggs notation[17].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's different from is recorded as Conway notation[18].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's MathWorld ID is recorded as DowkerNotation[19].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's Mathematics Subject Classification ID is recorded as 57M25[20].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[21].
  • Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 63221347[22].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Clifford Hugh Dowker[3], a mathematician[23], 1912–1982[24], of Canada[25], specialised in topology[26] and Morwen Thistlethwaite[4], a mathematician[27], b. 1945[28], of United States[29], awarded the Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[30], specialised in topology[31].

Why It Matters

Dowker–Thistlethwaite notation draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (notation category, ranking #33 of 35).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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