page_title: Twist knot
hierarchical_section_title: Twist knot
caption_attribution_description: English: A six-twist (81) knot
context_page_description: In knot theory, a branch of mathematics, a twist knot is a knot obtained by repeatedly twisting a closed loop and then linking the ends together. The twist knots are an infinite family of knots, and are considered the simplest type of knots after the torus knots.
context_section_description: In knot theory, a branch of mathematics, a twist knot is a knot obtained by repeatedly twisting a closed loop and then linking the ends together.  (That is, a twist knot is any Whitehead double of an unknot.)  The twist knots are an infinite family of knots, and are considered the simplest type of knots after the torus knots.
caption: A twist knot with six half-twists.
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