A torus knot
A knot that can be drawn on the surface of a torus. These knots are identified by two integers: (2,5) in the case of this image. The number 2 means that the knot meets twice any meridian of the torus; the number 5 represents the intersection of the knot with any parallel of the torus.
The image has been realized with the program KnotPlot.
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The image belongs to the sections...:
Others one component knots (Topology)
Knots described by two numbers (Topology)
Further information:
http://www.pims.math.ca/knotplot/
