Prime Knot: 8_6
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A prime knot 8_6 model is generated by my software, RidgeRunner, available at http://www.jasoncantarella.com/wordpress/software/ridgerunner/. RidgeRunner uses an algorithm to minimize the knot's length while maintaining a tube around it. This shape represents just one of many possible 8_6 configurations; different functions would produce alternate models. For more details about this prime knot, visit http://katlas.math.toronto.edu/wiki/8_6. To learn about tight knots, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ropelength. Rope-length data can be found at http://www.jasoncantarella.com/wordpress/papers/. Watch a movie of this prime knot tightening at http://www.jasoncantarella.com/movs.
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