Borromean rings

link of three loops; simplest Brunnian link
Thing prime_link Q894166
Borromean rings
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Borromean rings

Summary

Borromean rings is a prime link[1]. It draws 346 Wikipedia views per month (prime_link category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borromean rings's image is recorded as Borromean Rings Illusion.png[3].
  • Borromean rings's instance of is recorded as prime link[4].
  • Borromean rings's instance of is recorded as Brunnian link[5].
  • House of Borromeo is named after Borromean rings[6].
  • Borromean rings's Commons category is recorded as Borromean rings[7].
  • Borromean rings's has part is recorded as unknot[8].
  • Borromean rings's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03khy_[9].
  • Borromean rings's different from is recorded as L6n1[10].
  • Borromean rings's Jones polynomial is recorded as -q^3-q^{-3}+3q^2+3q^{-2}-2q-2q^{-1}+4[11].
  • Borromean rings's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].
  • Borromean rings's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776585292[13].
  • Borromean rings's Alexander–Briggs notation is recorded as 6^3_2[14].
  • Borromean rings's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3879690[15].
  • Borromean rings's Knot Atlas ID is recorded as L6a4[16].
  • Borromean rings's Gauss notation is recorded as {1, -6, 5, -3}, {4, -1, 2, -5}, {6, -4, 3, -2}[17].

Why It Matters

Borromean rings draws 346 Wikipedia views per month (prime_link category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Thistlethwaite Link Table. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . The Knot Atlas. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . The Knot Atlas. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Thistlethwaite Link Table. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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