# \#borromean-rings

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## [Can You Actually Make Borromean Rings?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/can-you-actually-make-borromean-rings/1397)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [19 May 2022 13:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/can-you-actually-make-borromean-rings/1397 "2022-05-19T13:53:02Z")

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Borromean rings are a configuration of closed curves in three-dimensional space in which no two individual curves are linked, but all three are linked jointly. Removing any of three causes the other two to …
