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user-inactivated  ·  4282 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: First fluid knots created in the lab

In an ideal fluid, yes. These knots eventually dissipate, and they don't know whether the knot remains but is too diffuse to see or comes untied yet. They've shown that a knot can be made in a real fluid, but not much beyond that.