Graduation Year
2003
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Mathematics
Reader 1
Michael Orrison
Reader 2
James Hoste (Pitzer)
Abstract
There are several ways to describe juggling patterns mathematically using combinatorics and algebra. In my thesis I use these ideas to build a new system using braid groups. A new kind of graph arises that helps describe all braids that can be juggled.
Recommended Citation
Macauley, Matthew, "Braids and Juggling Patterns" (2003). HMC Senior Theses. 151.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_theses/151
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