| Whitehead link | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Braid length | 5 |
| Braid no. | 3 |
| Crossing no. | 5 |
| Hyperbolic volume | 3.663862377 |
| Linking no. | 0 |
| Unknotting no. | 1 |
| Conway notation | [212] |
| A–B notation | 52 1 |
| Thistlethwaite | L5a1 |
| Last / Next | L4a1 / L6a1 |
| Other | |
| alternating | |
In knot theory, the Whitehead link, named for J. H. C. Whitehead, is one of the most basic links. It can be drawn as an alternating link with five crossings, from the overlay of a circle and a figure-eight shaped loop.