| Evolution of a trefoil with a fixed radius |
Evolution of a trefoil drawn with a tube of
radius R(P) |
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| rope length 300.85 | This knot was labelled a granny
knot when I first looked at it. Notice that the bottom spike
can be pulled through the red loop and the resulting knot
is just a trefoil. |
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| rope length 127.80 | The spike shortens, the suspense
increases. |
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| rope length 93.08 | The spike shortens further. |
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| rope length 76.25 | The spike has almost been pulled
through the red loop. |
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| rope length 59.73 | Now the spike is gone and a lot
of length is being wasted on the orange-red loop. |
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| rope length 48.56 | Less rope is being wasted on the
orange-red loop. |
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| rope length 44.39 | The orange-red loop is almost gone. |
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| rope length 35.71 | The trefoil starts to take shape. |
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| rope length 33.60 | The trefoil moves to the standard
knot table projection. |