Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Ian's knot is not new kind of knot with its own properties; it's a kind of procedure for producing the standard knot. The resulting knot doesn't remember which procedure it came from.


Sorry, I chose to use the same terminology as the comment I replied to. Should I have started with the explanation you’ve posted, would that make my comment better?




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: