Kinoshita–Terasaka knot

Kinoshita–Terasaka knot
Crossing no.11
Genus2
Hyperbolic volume11.2191
Thistlethwaite11n42
Other
prime, prime, slice

In knot theory, the Kinoshita–Terasaka knot is a particular prime knot with 11 crossings. It is named after Japanese mathematicians Shinichi Kinoshita and Hidetaka Terasaka, who wrote about it in 1957. The Kinoshita–Terasaka knot has a variety of interesting mathematical properties. It is related by mutation to the Conway knot, with which it shares a Jones polynomial. It has the same Alexander polynomial as the unknot.

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