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  2. List of prime knots - Wikipedia

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    Three-twist knot: 5 2: 5a1 4 8 10 2 6 [32] 12345:12543 1231\452354 Stevedore knot: 6 1: 6a3 4 8 12 10 2 6 [42] 123456:216543 1231\45632654 6 2 knot: 6 2: 6a2 4 8 10 ...

  3. Knot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The knot (/ n ɒ t /) is a unit of ... would therefore be useless on such a chart. Since the length of a nautical mile, for practical purposes, is equivalent to about ...

  4. List of mathematical knots and links - Wikipedia

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    7 1 knot, septafoil knot, (7,2)-torus knot - a prime knot with crossing number seven, which can be arranged as a {7/2} star polygon ; 7 4 knot, "endless knot" 8 18 knot, "carrick mat" 10 161 /10 162, known as the Perko pair; this was a single knot listed twice in Dale Rolfsen's knot table; the duplication was discovered by Kenneth Perko

  5. Knot theory - Wikipedia

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    A knot invariant is a "quantity" that is the same for equivalent knots (Lickorish 1997) (Rolfsen 1976). For example, if the invariant is computed from a knot diagram, it should give the same value for two knot diagrams representing equivalent knots.

  6. List of knots - Wikipedia

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    Pretzel link knot – in knot theory, a branch of mathematics, a pretzel link is a special kind of link; Prusik knot – friction hitch or knot used to put a loop of cord around a rope; Portuguese bowline a.k.a. French bowline – variant of the bowline with two loops that are adjustable in size; Portuguese whipping – a type of whipping knot

  7. Knot (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A polygonal knot is a knot whose image in R 3 is the union of a finite set of line segments. [6] A tame knot is any knot equivalent to a polygonal knot. [6] [Note 2] Knots which are not tame are called wild, [7] and can have pathological behavior. [7] In knot theory and 3-manifold theory, often the adjective "tame" is omitted. Smooth knots, for ...

  8. Prime knot - Wikipedia

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    A family of examples of prime knots are the torus knots. These are formed by wrapping a circle around a torus p times in one direction and q times in the other, where p and q are coprime integers. Knots are characterized by their crossing numbers. The simplest prime knot is the trefoil with three crossings. The trefoil is actually a (2, 3 ...

  9. Unknotting number - Wikipedia

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    Trefoil knot without 3-fold symmetry being unknotted by one crossing switch. Whitehead link being unknotted by undoing one crossing. In the mathematical area of knot theory, the unknotting number of a knot is the minimum number of times the knot must be passed through itself (crossing switch) to untie it.