Keywords: Borromeanrings.png Borromean rings knot -- no two circles are directly linked but the three are collectively interlinked Cutting one ring frees the other two In terms of knot theory a Brunnian link For a version of the Borromean rings depicted in triangular form see Image Valknut-Symbol-borromean png For extended Borromean patterns see Image Borromean-cross png / Image Borromean-cross svg and Image Borromean-chainmail-tile png For other more complex three-component Brunnian links which are not equivalent to the Borromean rings see Image Brunnian-3-not-Borromean png and Image Three-triang-18crossings-Brunnian png This version was generated by means of the following PostScript code <pre> 77 110 translate 75 dup scale /y 240 120 3 sqrt mul add def 20 setlinewidth 426 y 240 0 360 arc closepath gsave 30 setlinewidth 0 setgray stroke grestore 0 0 1 setrgbcolor stroke 186 y 240 0 360 arc closepath gsave 30 setlinewidth 0 setgray stroke grestore 1 1 0 setrgbcolor stroke 306 240 240 0 360 arc closepath gsave 30 setlinewidth 0 setgray stroke grestore 1 0 0 setrgbcolor stroke 30 setlinewidth 0 setgray 426 y 240 -65 -55 arc stroke 426 y 240 175 185 arc stroke 20 setlinewidth 0 0 1 setrgbcolor 426 y 240 -66 -54 arc stroke 426 y 240 174 186 arc stroke EOF</pre> original version uploaded to en wikipedia in 2004 attribution information apparently lost see http //en wikipedia org/w/index php title Special Log page File 3ABorromeanrings png ; current version uploaded by AnonMoos in 2006 original version uploaded to en wikipedia in 2004 attribution information apparently lost see http //en wikipedia org/w/index php title Special Log page File 3ABorromeanrings png ; current version uploaded by AnonMoos in 2006 BorromeanRings svg Borromean rings Images with PostScript source code Outline knots and links Knots and links on white background Blue red yellow Circular Borromean rings 3 component links 6 crossing number knots and links Alternating knots and links 9 stick number knots and links |