Category
page 1Alternating knots and links
Borromean rings
link of three loops; simplest Brunnian link
trefoil knot
simplest non-trivial closed knot with three crossings
Solomon's knot
ornament with two doubly-interlinked loops
Hopf link
prime link; simplest nontrivial link
figure-eight knot
unique knot with a crossing number of four
Whitehead link
two interlinked loops with five structural crossings
alternating knot
A knot with a diagram whose crossings alternate under, over, under, over, as one travels along each component
stevedore knot
mathematical knot with crossing number 6
cinquefoil knot
torus knot with crossing number 5
square knot
connected sum of two trefoil knots with opposite chirality
granny knot
connected sum of two trefoil knots with same chirality
7₄
mathematical knot with crossing number 7
three-twist knot
mathematical knot with crossing number 5