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Image:Square-knot-6-crossings.png|Two trefoils (single-closed loop version of the "square knot" of practical knot-tying) |
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Image:Granny-knot-6-crossings.png|Two trefoils (single-closed loop version of the "granny knot" of practical knot-tying). |
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Image:3trefoil-9crossings.gif|Three trefoils (symmetrical). |
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Image:Celtic-knot-insquare-green-transparentbg.png|Four trefoils (Celtic or pseudo-Celtic decorative knot which fits in square) |
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Revision as of 17:21, 3 March 2010
The trefoil is perhaps the easiest knot to find in "nature", and is topologically equivalent to the interlaced form of the common Christian and pagan "triquetra" symbol [12]:
 Logo of Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lisboa [1] |
 A knot consists of two harts in Kolam [2] |
 Thurston's Trefoil - Figure Eight Trick [3] |
Further images...[hide]
 A Knotted Box [4] |
 A trefoil near the Hollander York Gallery [5] |
 A Knotted Pencil [6] |
 The NeverEnding Story is a connected sum of two trefoils. [7] |
 Banco Do Brasil [8] |
 A hagfish tying itself in a knot to escape capture. [9] |
 A Kenyan Stone [10] | |
 Mike Hutchings' Rope Trick [11] |
Non-prime (compound) versions
Two trefoils (single-closed loop version of the "square knot" of practical knot-tying)
Two trefoils (single-closed loop version of the "granny knot" of practical knot-tying).
Three trefoils (symmetrical).
Four trefoils (Celtic or pseudo-Celtic decorative knot which fits in square)
