Question

What is the difference between fully, positively, and negatively amphichiral knots?

Answer 1

http://goo.gl/pPI1IX Hey this link will help you man.

Answer 2

Oh thanks man!

Answer 3

Ok, look legit link this time, http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AmphichiralKnot.html

Answer 4

That doesn't really explain the difference between the different types:

"The following table gives the total number of prime amphichiral knots, number of + amphichiral noninvertible prime knots, - amphichiral noninvertible prime knots, and fully amphichiral invertible knots prime knots (a) with n crossings, starting with n=3."

Answer 5

Ok dude, remember this pdf I sent you http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/papers/murasug3.pdf,

well go to like page 44 on the book not pdf, but you can also search all of that in this book I'm sure and you'll find what you're looking for :P

Answer 6

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/papers/murasug3.pdf

Answer 7

Does it work now?

Answer 8

Yeah thanks. Ok so you said page 44?

Answer 9

Yeah it talks about amphichiral knots, page 44 in the book not pdf and just search for certain words I'm sure it'll have it, pretty cool book.

Answer 10

Knots for begginers @Kainui ?

Answer 11

I don't like to read too much into subjects I enjoy discovering on my own. There is literally no point to learning things about knots so why rush it?

Answer 12

I don't like to read too much into subjects I enjoy discovering on my own. There is literally no point to learning things about knots so why rush it?

Answer 13

Then go discover kai! SAIL MY FRIEND KEEP SAILING TO THE VAST OCEAN OF KNOWLEDGE AND USE YOUR KNOTS AS A LASSO TO LURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND SELF DISCOVER ALL YOUR UNANSWERED QUESTIONS!! I believe in you.

Answer 14

Too bad that just talked about what an amphichiral knot is but didn't say how fully, positive or negative amphichiral are different.

Answer 15

Darn, that sucks :\.

Answer 16

Most things in this book are uninteresting to me unfortunately I like knots but I think knot theory is incredibly dull and pointless.

Answer 17

"Exercise 4.6.3. Show that the figure 8 knot is 5-colourable but not 3-colourable."

Bleh.

Answer 18

Interesting, TreFoil knot represents the TreyArch symbol used by the gaming producer.

Answer 19

Flemish knot AKA figure eight knot