Assistant Professor of Mathematics Moshe Cohen continues scholarship on knot theory through published work, conference invitations

Knot theory studies mathematical properties of knots such as those found in the DNA double helix. More than a decade ago, SUNY New Paltz Assistant Professor of Mathematics Moshe Cohen proposed to understand the mathematical behaviors of extremely large knots by applying methods from other branches of mathematics.

His versatile contributions to scholarship on knot theory continues with his latest published paper in the New York Journal of Mathematics.   

“The average genus of a 2-bridge knot is asymptotically linear” uses a billiard model to make huge numbers of calculations all at once, predicting the number of holes in these extremely large knots.

Cohen was invited to speak on his work at the Banff International Research Station in Alberta, Canada at a workshop on knot theory informed by random models and experimental data. He also co-organized and spoke at Unknot V, the undergraduate knot theory conference in Seattle, Washington. 

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