| Unlink | |
|---|---|
|   2-component unlink | |
| Common name | Circle | 
| Crossing no. | 0 | 
| Linking no. | 0 | 
| Stick no. | 6 | 
| Unknotting no. | 0 | 
| Conway notation | - | 
| A-B notation | 02 1 | 
| Dowker notation | - | 
| Next | L2a1 | 
| Other | |
| , tricolorable (if n>1) | |
In the mathematical field of knot theory, the unlink is a link that is equivalent (under ambient isotopy) to finitely many disjoint circles in the plane.