5 1 Quick Notes

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Also known as "The Cinquefoil Knot", after certain herbs and shrubs of the rose family which have 5-lobed leaves and 5-petaled flowers (see e.g. [1], as "The Pentafoil Knot" (visit Bert Jagers' [http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~jagersaa/Knopen/IndexP.html pentafoil page]), as the "Double Overhand Knot", and as the torus knot T(5,2).