In knot theory, the KinoshitaâÂÂTerasaka knot is a particular prime knot with 11 crossings. It is named after Japanese mathematicians Shinichi Kinoshita and Hidetaka Terasaka, who wrote about it in 1957. The KinoshitaâÂÂTerasaka knot has a variety of interesting mathematical properties. It is related by mutation to the Conway knot, with which it shares a Jones polynomial. It has the same Alexander polynomial as the unknot.