Hopf link

Braid length2
Braid no.2
Crossing no.2
Hyperbolic volume0
Linking no.1
Stick no.6
Unknotting no.1
Conway notation[2]
A–B notation22
1
ThistlethwaiteL2a1
Last / NextL0 / L4a1
Other
alternating, torus, fibered

In mathematical knot theory, the Hopf link is the simplest nontrivial link with more than one component. It consists of two circles linked together exactly once, and is named after Heinz Hopf.

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