Trefoil knots without tritangent planes



Morton, HR ORCID: 0000-0002-8524-2695
(1991) Trefoil knots without tritangent planes Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 23 (1). pp. 78-80. ISSN 0024-6093, 1469-2120

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Abstract

A quick proof is given that trefoil knots constructed explicitly as (3, 2) curves on a torus by stereographic projection from S3 have no tritangent planes. © 1991 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Part 1 ## TULIP Type: Articles/Papers (Journal) ## official_url: <Go to ISI>://A1991GE38500009
Uncontrolled Keywords: 4903 Numerical and Computational Mathematics, 4904 Pure Mathematics, 49 Mathematical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2017 10:05
Last Modified: 28 Feb 2026 20:44
DOI: 10.1112/blms/23.1.78
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