Abstract
Dixon’s elliptic functions parameterize the real sextic trefoil curve by arc length and the complex curve as an embedded Platonic surface with 18 (or 108) faces.
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Langer, J.C., Singer, D.A. The Trefoil. Milan J. Math. 82, 161–182 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00032-013-0211-5
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