Algebraic link

In the mathematical field of knot theory, an algebraic link is a link that can be decomposed by Conway spheres into 2-tangles.[1] Algebraic links are also called arborescent links.[2] Although algebraic links and algebraic tangles were originally defined by John H. Conway as having two pairs of open ends, they were subsequently generalized to more pairs.[3]

Decomposition of the Borromean rings by a Conway sphere (black dotted vertical midline) into two 2-tangles, showing that the Borromean rings form an algebraic link

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