| Unlink | |
|---|---|
 2-component unlink | |
| Common name | Circle |
| Crossing no. | 0 |
| Linking no. | 0 |
| Stick no. | 6 |
| Unknotting no. | 0 |
| Conway notation | - |
| A–B notation | 02 1 |
| Dowker notation | - |
| Next | L2a1 |
| Other | |
| , tricolorable (if n>1) | |
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In the mathematical field of knot theory, an unlink is a link that is equivalent (under ambient isotopy) to finitely many disjoint circles in the plane.[1]
The two-component unlink, consisting of two non-interlinked unknots, is the simplest possible unlink.