Invertible KnotA knot which can be deformed into itself but with the orientation reversed. The simplest noninvertible knot is08-017. No general technique is known for determining if a Knot is invertible. Burde and Zieschang (1985)give a tabulation from which it is possible to extract the invertible knots up to 10 crossings. See also Amphichiral Knot References
Burde, G. and Zieschang, H. Knots. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1985.
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