Century-Old Math Conjecture Overturned: New Knot Theory Discovery

Mathematicians have overturned a long-held conjecture in knot theory. It was believed that connecting two different knots would result in a new knot with complexity equal to the sum of the individual knots' complexities. However, researchers recently found a knot simpler than the sum of its parts. This discovery challenges our understanding of knot complexity and offers new insights into fields like protein folding and molecular stability.