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minus-squareKogasa@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe unknot is like the knot-theoretic equivalent of 1. Not the most exciting number but hardly useless.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoMy 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.
The unknot is like the knot-theoretic equivalent of 1. Not the most exciting number but hardly useless.
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.