Borromean Olympic Rings - Numberphile
We like the Olympic Rings - but we prefer Borromean Rings. More knots: http://bit.ly/Knot-a-Phile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ See Brady's chemistry rings video at...
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BRADY HARAN: So that's the Eurostar bringing people from the continent here to London for the Olympics. And if you're in London, you can't far without seeing these. Now, the Olympic rings are pretty cool, but they're joined in a bit of a disappointing way, each one joined to the one next to it. It's not very creative. Here at Numberphile, we like our rings joined in a bit more of a clever way. JOHN HUNTON: We all know how two rings can be linked. So if I've got one ring and I can link it with another one. And that's how I can start to form a chain. And I can't pull those two rings apart. But the cute idea of a Borromean ring is that you end up with three rings. Let's see if I can draw. So that's going to be...
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BRADY HARAN: So that's the Eurostar bringing people from the continent here to London for the Olympics. And if you're in London, you can't far without seeing these. Now, the Olympic rings are pretty cool, but they're joined in a bit of a disappointing way, each one joined to the one next to it. It's not very creative. Here at Numberphile, we like our rings joined in a bit more of a clever way. JOHN HUNTON: We all know how two rings can be linked. So if I've got one ring and I can link it with another one. And that's how I can start to form a chain. And I can't pull those two rings apart. But the cute idea of a Borromean ring is that you end up with three rings. Let's see if I can draw. So that's going to be...
