3 1 Further Notes and Views
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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 Knotted Box [3] |
![]() A trefoil near the Hollander York Gallery [4] |
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![]() A hagfish tying itself in a knot to escape capture. [5] |
![]() A Kenyan Stone [6] | ||
![]() The NeverEnding Story logo is a connected sum of two trefoils. [7] |
![]() Mike Hutchings' Rope Trick [8] |
![]() Thurston's Trefoil - Figure Eight Trick [9] | |
![]() A Knotted Pencil [10] |
![]() Banco Do Brasil [11] |
For configurations of two trefoils along a closed loop which are prime, see 8_15 and 10_120. For a configuration of three trefoils along a closed loop which is prime, see K13a248. For a prime link consisting of two joined trefoils, see L10a108.