Whitehead link

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Whitehead link

Summary

Whitehead link is a prime link[1]. It draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (prime_link category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whitehead link's image is recorded as Whitehead-link-horizontal.svg[3].
  • Whitehead link's instance of is recorded as prime link[4].
  • J. H. C. Whitehead is named after Whitehead link[5].
  • Whitehead link's Commons category is recorded as Whitehead links[6].
  • Whitehead link's has part is recorded as unknot[7].
  • Whitehead link's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/069m2x[8].
  • Whitehead link's MathWorld ID is recorded as WhiteheadLink[9].
  • Whitehead link's nLab ID is recorded as Whitehead link[10].
  • Whitehead link's Jones polynomial is recorded as \frac{1}{q^{7/2}}-\frac{2}{q^{5/2}}-q^{3/2}+\frac{1}{q^{3/2}}+\sqrt{q}-\frac{2}{\sqrt{q}}[11].
  • Whitehead link's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].
  • Whitehead link's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780137797[13].
  • Whitehead link's Alexander–Briggs notation is recorded as 5^2_1[14].
  • Whitehead link's Knot Atlas ID is recorded as L5a1[15].
  • Whitehead link's Gauss notation is recorded as {1, -4, 5, -3}, {3, -1, 2, -5, 4, -2}[16].

Why It Matters

Whitehead link draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (prime_link category, ranking #3 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . The Knot Atlas. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Thistlethwaite Link Table. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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