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prime knot (Definition)

A knot which is not the connected sum of two nontrivial knots is called a prime knot.

Examples include the trefoil knot and the figure-eight knot.



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This is version 2 of prime knot, born on 2007-02-02, modified 2007-02-05.
Object id is 8864, canonical name is PrimeKnot.
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AMS MSC: 57M25 (Manifolds and cell complexes :: Low-dimensional topology :: Knots and links in $S^3$)
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