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Seifert Circle


Eliminate each knot crossing by connecting each of the strands coming into the crossing to the adjacent strand leaving the crossing. The resulting strands no longer cross but form instead a set of nonintersecting circles called Seifert circles.


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References

Adams, C. C. The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots. New York: W. H. Freeman, p. 96, 1994.

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Seifert Circle

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Seifert Circle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SeifertCircle.html

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