"Fintushel-Stern knot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Fintushel-Stern knots [plural]
Etymology: After Ronald Fintushel and Ronald J. Stern, seemingly because of their 1980 paper "Constructing Lens Spaces by Surgery on Knots". Head templates: {{en-noun}} Fintushel-Stern knot (plural Fintushel-Stern knots)
  1. The three-tangle pretzel knot with two right-handed twists in its first tangle, three left-handed ones in its second, and seven left-handed ones in its third. Synonyms: pretzel knot (alt: -2, 3, 7)

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