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Polygonal Knots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

James K. Brunton
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The simplest overhand knot, if tied in a strip of paper and carefully pressed flat, forms a regular pentagon (Fig. 1). All higher order polygons can be produced in this way with the single exception of the regular hexagon which requires two strips. The reason for this exception is interesting.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 45 , Issue 354 , December 1961 , pp. 299 - 302
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1961

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