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Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, ...

Robin Ball's research has recently been highlighted in the international press. If you want to read for yourself, here are some links:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/science/ponytail-shape-is-determined-by-complex-physics.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Rapunzel-number-decides-the-shape-of-your-ponytail/articleshow/11866907.cms

http://www.corriere.it/cronache/12_febbraio_14/coda-cavallo-teorema_a5cf437c-570e-11e1-a6d2-3f65acf5f759.shtml

And if you fancy the original, here is the link to Phys Rev Lett 108, 078101 (2012).

Thu 16 Feb 2012, 15:49 | Tags: Research