Show HN: Untangle Unknots in the Browser

Category: other

Tags: knot-theory, motion-planning, visualization, computational-geometry, education

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 6, Utility: 3)

Unknot is a browser-based tool that untangles knot diagrams using motion planning algorithms inspired by Ladd and Kavraki (2004). It implements heuristics and a random planner to find sequences of moves that simplify hard unknots, with 3D visualization, and includes a C++ CLI version.

Target audience: mathematicians, computer scientists, educators, and hobbyists interested in topology or motion planning

Repository: http://zkingston.com/unknot/ · TypeScript · MIT · 15 stars

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