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Fig. 5 “Concatenation” by Leonardo da Vinci
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Fig. 6 Representations of the first 15 prime knots
beautiful prime knots (Fig.
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) to begin to chart routes through treacherous waters to
rewarding synthetic challenges. Especially appealing to the writers is the 7
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which has exactly the same topology as the endless knot drawn centuries ago - and
there are beautiful chemical grids that might lead to this kind of structure. The 5
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