• Kogasa@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    The unknot is like the knot-theoretic equivalent of 1. Not the most exciting number but hardly useless.

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      My very limited understanding of knot theory tells me it should be more like the knot-theoretic equivalent if 0, as it’s the additive identity.