Untangling the Theory Behind Stick Knots and Their Pseudo Projections

In this talk we describe our research into stick knots and projections of stick knots undertaken by our undergraduate research group at Eastern Oregon University during Summer 2014-Winter 2015. Our goal was to find a method, or several methods, for identifying which 2-D projections of stick knots were fully realizable in 3-space and which were pseudo-projections. We present our research methods, our successful results, problems and issues we encountered along the way, and possible future avenues of inquiry into this field.