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The general approach to such mechanical problems is to set up a set of coupled differential equations, which together describe the motion of each weight (and therefore - of the knot). Many packages for numerical solution of differential equations exist.

However, this isn't as simple a problem as it appears at first. If you take a simple case where exactly one weight is heavier than the others, the knot will start sliding towards the heavy weight. This means that the knot is no longer centred in the circle, and the strings are chords, not radii. This means that the forces acting on the edge of the table (caused by the strings) now have transverse components, as well.

At some point, the transverse force for each string will be enough to overcome the static friction between the edge of the table and the string. At this point, the weight will start sliding around the edge of the table (toward the heavy weight?). This will in turn change the dynamics of the problem even more.

This sliding effect may happen even with equal weights, if the initial position of the knot is sufficiently off-centre.

The analytical solution of this problem would probably be worth a nice paper in a peer-reviewed Physics journal.
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