3 1 Further Notes and Views: Difference between revisions

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text = The NeverEnding Story is a connected sum of two trefoils. [http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/NeverendingStory/NeverendingStory.html]|
text = The NeverEnding Story is a connected sum of two trefoils. [http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/NeverendingStory/NeverendingStory.html]|
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Revision as of 10:06, 17 January 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]
A basic form of the interlaced Triquetra; as a Christian symbol, it refers to the Trinity
Thurston's Trefoil - Figure Eight Trick [3]