Torus Knot
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Torus Knot, by 3DXM Consortium.
- In knot theory, a torus knot is a special kind of knot which lies on the surface of an unknotted torus in R3.
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Field: Geometry
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Further Description and Explanations
- Explanation for Undergraduates
- Note: understanding of this explanation requires: *Differential Geometry
These knots lie on the following torus of revolution (having
ellipses as meridian curves):
- x(t) = (aa + bbcos(u))cos(v)
- y(t) = (aa + bbcos(u))sin(v)
- z(t) = ccsin(u)
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