Let the stick number of a Knot be the least number of straight sticks needed to make a Knot .
The smallest stick number of any Knot is , where is the Trefoil Knot. If and are
Knots, then
See also Crossing Number (Link), Triangle Counting
References
Adams, C. C. The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots. New York:
W. H. Freeman, pp. 27-30, 1994.