Figure-of-Eight Knot

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The knot 04-001, which is the unique Prime Knot of four crossings, and which is a 2-Embeddable Knot. It is Amphichiral. It is also known as the Flemish Knot and Savoy Knot, and it has Braid Word $\sigma_1{\sigma_2}^{-1}\sigma_1{\sigma_2}^{-1}$ .

References

Owen, P. Knots. Philadelphia, PA: Courage, p. 16, 1993.