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Description 4-loop Brunnian link — no two loops are directly linked, but all four are collectively linked, and cutting any loop frees all the other loops.
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Redrawn version of illustration in Hermann Brunn's 1892 article "Über Verkettung", by way of Dale Rolfsen's 1976 book Knots and Links (p. 67).

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current16:33, 3 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:33, 3 May 2006588 × 600 (12 KB)AnonMoos (talk | contribs)minor color tweaking
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17:45, 18 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 17:45, 18 March 2006318 × 268 (6 KB)Maksim (talk | contribs)La bildo estas kopiita de wikipedia:en. La originala priskribo estas: == Summary == Made using Microsoft Paint for Windows XP. == Licensing == {{PD-user|msh210}} {| border="1" ! date/time || username || edit summary |---- | 07:35, 18 November 2005 || [[

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