| Seifert surfaces are shown for a number of knots and
links. All images generated with SeifertView, using selection of a knot,
followed by pressing Smooth once or twice, and next Refine
twice. The order corresponds with the presets of SeifertView. For the
last row, strong repulsion was used.
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Unknot
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Trefoil | Figure 8 |
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knot 52
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5-foil | 7-foil |
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| knot 61 | knot 62 | knot 63
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Two rings
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Hopf ring | Whitehead link |
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4-foil
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6-foil | Borromean rings |
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| Pretzel knot 2,2,2 | Pretzel knot 1,3,5 | Pretzel knot 1,-3,5
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| These were just some presets. It's more fun to define your own knot ... Try AaAa for instance. | ||