Torus Knot

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A torus is the surface of revolution of a circle. A torus knot is formed as a point moves around the revolving circle at a commensurate rate. Here a cylinder follows the torus knot; a polyhedron or sphere could be used instead of a cylinder.

External Links

Trefoil Knot (Wolfram MathWorld)
Hypotrochoid (Wolfram MathWorld)
Torus Knot (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Sándor Kabai
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​"Torus Knot"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TorusKnot/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: April 27, 2007