Abstract
We give an explicit construction of complex maps whose nodal lines have the form of lemniscate knots. We review the properties of lemniscate knots, defined as closures of braids where all strands follow the same transverse (1, ) Lissajous figure, and are therefore a subfamily of spiral knots generalizing the torus knots. We then prove that such maps exist and are in fact fibrations with appropriate choices of parameters. We describe how this may be useful in physics for creating knotted fields, in quantum mechanics, optics and generalizing to rational maps with application to the Skyrme–Faddeev model. We also prove how this construction extends to maps with weakly isolated singularities.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 20160829 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences |
Volume | 473 |
Issue number | 2202 |
Early online date | 7 Jun 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Jun 2017 |
Research Groups and Themes
- SPOCK
Keywords
- applied topology
- singularity
- braid
- knot theory