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The "Borromean chain mail" knot -- two rings (here the red and blue) in a Borromean rings configuration (or L6a4 knot) with each of two other rings, such that no two rings are directly linked. The whole is [[L10n107]].
The "Borromean chain mail" knot -- two rings (here the red and blue) in a Borromean rings configuration (or [[L6a4]] knot) with each of two other rings, such that no two rings are directly linked. The whole is [[L10n107]]. Cutting the either the red or the blue rings frees the other three (leaving three separate disconnected loops), but cutting the yellow or green rings doesn't (so this is not a [[Brunnian link]].)

For an indefinitely-extended Borromean chainmail pattern, see [[:Image:Borromean-chainmail-tile.gif]] .


Self-made.
Self-made.

Latest revision as of 18:23, 3 May 2006

The "Borromean chain mail" knot -- two rings (here the red and blue) in a Borromean rings configuration (or L6a4 knot) with each of two other rings, such that no two rings are directly linked. The whole is L10n107. Cutting the either the red or the blue rings frees the other three (leaving three separate disconnected loops), but cutting the yellow or green rings doesn't (so this is not a Brunnian link.)

For an indefinitely-extended Borromean chainmail pattern, see Image:Borromean-chainmail-tile.gif .

Self-made.

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current23:22, 28 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 23:22, 28 March 2006600 × 600 (19 KB)AnonMoos (talk | contribs)better version of pic
15:45, 27 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 15:45, 27 March 2006611 × 591 (25 KB)AnonMoos (talk | contribs)The "Borromean chain mail" knot -- two rings (here the red and blue) in a Borromean rings configuration (or L6a4 knot) with each of two other rings, such that no two rings are directly linked. Having difficulty determining which knot number is valid for