The knot curve is a quartic curve with implicit Cartesian equation
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(1)
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The 
- and 
-intercepts are 
, 
,
and 
. It has horizontal tangents at
and 
), and vertical tangents at 
.
Its curvature is implicitly given by
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(2)
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The areas 
enclosed by a side region and by the center region 
are given by
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(3)
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(4)
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giving the entire area as
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(5)
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(6)
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