Borromean Hypergraph Formation in Dense Random Rectangles

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Autore principale: Klotz, Alexander R.
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contents We develop a minimal system to study the stochastic formation of Borromean links within topologically entangled networks without requiring the use of knot invariants. Borromean linkages may form in entangled solutions of open polymer chains or in Olympic gel systems such as kinetoplast DNA, but it is challenging to investigate this due to the difficulty of computing three-body link invariants. Here, we investigate randomly oriented rectangles densely packed within a volume, and evaluate them for Hopf linking and Borromean link formation. We show that dense packings of rectangles can form Borromean triplets and larger clusters, and that in high enough density the combination of Hopf and Borromean linking can create a percolating hypergraph through the network. We present data for the percolation threshold of Borromean hypergraphs, and discuss implications for the existence of Borromean connectivity within kinetoplast DNA.
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spellingShingle Borromean Hypergraph Formation in Dense Random Rectangles
Klotz, Alexander R.
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
General Topology
We develop a minimal system to study the stochastic formation of Borromean links within topologically entangled networks without requiring the use of knot invariants. Borromean linkages may form in entangled solutions of open polymer chains or in Olympic gel systems such as kinetoplast DNA, but it is challenging to investigate this due to the difficulty of computing three-body link invariants. Here, we investigate randomly oriented rectangles densely packed within a volume, and evaluate them for Hopf linking and Borromean link formation. We show that dense packings of rectangles can form Borromean triplets and larger clusters, and that in high enough density the combination of Hopf and Borromean linking can create a percolating hypergraph through the network. We present data for the percolation threshold of Borromean hypergraphs, and discuss implications for the existence of Borromean connectivity within kinetoplast DNA.
title Borromean Hypergraph Formation in Dense Random Rectangles
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
General Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.20874