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#296180 - 05/20/20 03:32 PM Conway Knot Problem
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O.K., here's one for everybody here who likes knots. I was like a chicken looking at a card trick, but some people here (TonyE?) may like it.

It took Lisa Piccirillo less than a week to answer a long-standing question about a strange knot discovered over half a century ago by the legendary John Conway.


Story at link -

https://www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-...aign=pockethits
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#296181 - 05/20/20 03:54 PM Re: Conway Knot Problem [Re: brandtb]
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So, if I tie in with a Conway knot, will it hold a leader fall as well as does a figure eight?
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#296184 - 05/20/20 09:42 PM Re: Conway Knot Problem [Re: hikermor]
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Originally Posted By: hikermor
So, if I tie in with a Conway knot, will it hold a leader fall as well as does a figure eight?


Like I said: I was like a chicken lookin' at a card trick.
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