A knot without tritangent planes (Q803948)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4198931
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    A knot without tritangent planes
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4198931

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      A knot without tritangent planes (English)
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      1991
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      It is shown that a certain \((3,2)\)-curve on a torus of revolution with radii \(1:1.2\) has no tritangent planes. A different example has been obtained by \textit{H. Morton} in [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 23, 78--80 (1991; Zbl 0726.53003), see the following review].
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      trefoil knot
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      tritangent planes
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