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Eongatubabo

A picture of an elegant string figure position from Nauru.

Shaking Out My Cardfile: Heart Group Relations

I collected up some cards for from my cardfile related to a topic.

Arviligjuarmiut String Figures

A pair of string figures from Mary-Rousselière’s Les Jeux de Ficelle Des Arviligjuarmiut.

String Figure: Two Loop Apache Door

A string figure formed from two loops.

String Figure: Andromeda Galaxy

A picture of a heavily pinned string figure.

Eric's O.M and O.N Relation

Converting a calculation from Storer’s Heart Sequences to the Heart Group

How to Spell the Fight

An artist’s book about the relationship between string figures and modernity

Complicated Relation Follow Up

A physical example of the complicated braid relation.

Canonical Start of A Linear Sequence

A photo of a whiteboard titled: Canonical Orientation of A Linear Sequence

The canonical start of a linear sequence is a point in nearest LFn string. In this simple example, there are three possible linear sequences (with the correct orientation) but only $L2, L5, R1$ has the correct start point.

How does string figure calculus act on linear sequences?

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D92: Possible Projects

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Yulong's Wrapped L1

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Alfredo's Opening A

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Yulong's O.A Construction

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Paco: Terms from Graphics Programming / Half-Second Star

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Yulong's Braid Word Reduction

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The Heart Group as A Subgroup of B_{2n}

This photo has a sketch of an embedding $\heartsuit_n \leq B_{2n}$. A photo of a whiteboard titled: 2024-01-22 @ 11:24:11

The Calculus of Heart Sequences

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The Calculus of Heart Sequences: Passing a Loop Through and Returning It

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Loop Manipulation Nomenclature

Three loop manipulations are shown. What should we call them?

The Braid Group

A quick peek at the braid group $B_3$

The Loop Manipulation Group

A write-up of a question about loop manipulation and braid groups.

Loop Manipulation Generators

Labelled generators of $H_{n} \subseteq B_{2n}$.

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