A Torus Knot

This is the (5,3) torus knot. 1 (S3 - this knot) is the group generated by x and y subject to the relation x5y3 =1. This may be visualized from the figure below:
Here the generator x is represented by the green ring and the generator y is represented by the red ring.

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