Square Knot
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The Square Knot is the so called knot sum of two mirror symmetric
Trefoil Knots
.
Square Knot, rotating around a vertical axis. Note that the square knot is symmetric with respect to the origin. It has 180 degree rotation symmetry about the x-axis and the composition of these two symmetries is reflection in the y-z-plane. Compare with the
Granny Knot
.
Square Knot, rotating view. (anaglyph)
Square_Knot.pdf
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