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The base polyhedra for these polyknots are regular prisms as for example the pentagonal prism and the Escher pentagonal prism polyknot (Figure 1).
base polyhedron
(pentagonal prism)
derived polyknot
(pentagonal prism polyknot)
(Figure 1)
Table 1 provides the polyknot (Pk) or polylink (Pl) and its local crossing number, global crossing number, vertex number, and Euler number.
(Table 1)
structure: Escher triangular prism polyknot
EPR3
components: triangles
structure: Escher pentagonal prism polyknot
EPR5
components: triangles
structure: Escher hexagonal prism polyknot
EPR6
components: triangles
structure: Escher heptagonal prism polyknot
EPR7
components: triangles
structure: Escher octagonal prism polyknot
EPR8
components: triangles
structure: Escher nonagonal prism polyknot
EPR9
components: triangles
structure: Escher decagonal prism polyknot
EPR10
components: triangles