alternating knot

noun

A knot that has a knot diagram in which, in traveling along the knot, one passes through intersections alternatingly: over, under, over, under, etc.

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Meanings

nounalternating knot (plural alternating knots)

plural alternating knots

  1. mathematicsA knot that has a knot diagram in which, in traveling along the knot, one passes through intersections alternatingly: over, under, over, under, etc.
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