Subject: Fwd: stupid question
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:33:14 +0100
From: Dr Andrew Baker <a.baker@maths.gla.ac.uk>
To: Don Davis <dmd1@lehigh.edu>
CC: Caitlin Horn <caitlin_horn@hotmail.com>

Don, Could you circulate this to the Topology Discussion group please - maybe
someone has an idea about it. (the pictures are nice).

Thanks,
Andy

----- Forwarded message from Caitlin Horn <caitlin_horn@hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:00:00 +0000
    From: Caitlin Horn <caitlin_horn@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Caitlin Horn <caitlin_horn@hotmail.com>
 Subject: stupid question
      To: a.baker@maths.gla.ac.uk

Hi there,

My name is Caitlin Horn and I'm currently doing a PhD in inorganic chemistry
at the uni of Nottingham.  I've made a compound which contains lots of
iodine, and the iodine atoms line up to form a kind of helix, which is in
cross section like a figure of 8 (well, more like a bow-tie, but whatever).
See the attached jpeg for an idea of what I mean.  My question is: does this
type of helix have a special name? I'm writing a paper on it and
"figure-of-8-helix" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue (or the fingers!).
I'd be very grateful for any information you can provide...

Thanks loads,
Caitlin

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Dr Andrew Baker (Reader in Mathematics)
Department of Mathematics
University of Glasgow
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