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Image:3trefoil-9crossings.gif|Three trefoils (symmetrical). |
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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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Image:Celtic-knot-insquare-green-transparentbg.png|Four trefoils (Celtic or pseudo-Celtic decorative knot which fits in square) |
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Image:Trefoil-of-trefoils.png|Three trefoils along a closed loop which itself is knotted as a trefoil. |
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Revision as of 16:58, 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]
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A knot consists of two harts in Kolam [2]
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A basic form of the interlaced Triquetra; as a Christian symbol, it refers to the Trinity
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Thurston's Trefoil - Figure Eight Trick [3]
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Further images...
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A trefoil near the Hollander York Gallery [5]
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The NeverEnding Story is a connected sum of two trefoils. [7]
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A hagfish tying itself in a knot to escape capture. [9]
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One version of the Germanic "Valknut" symbol
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Ribbons (straight lines and 2/3 circles)
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In the form of an architectural trefoil
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Mike Hutchings' Rope Trick [11]
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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)
Three trefoils along a closed loop which itself is knotted as a trefoil.