The arms of 3D spirals may twist to form complex knots
One may observe the formation of 3D spirals at the heart of the galaxies, or clusters of galaxies, or inside the stars. The arms of the spiral structures may twist in 3-space and form knots and loops. Such knots will form fractal structures. In fact, the knots could themselves be fractals, which means that similar knots are embedded inside each other in a hierarchical manner. Such knot formation can also be seen at the heart of vortices driven by purely kinematic energies imparted from higher to the lower scales. In the cosmic arena the magnetic forces could also join the kinematic forces in the formatiojn of the knot structures.
While the very central core may develop a knot, formed of rope-like coiled filaments by generating interlinking loops, at higher scale the strcuture may appear as being generated by bending and twisting of surfaces, which follow the spiral movements. These sheets are arranged in fractal manner and envelop the core of the strcutures as dual envelopes, which are seen in many cosmic objects at different scales. In many cases the knot formation can be seen to proceed by the method of interactions of two spiral stuctures, which form two interlinked loops. As the loops tighten the dual spirals may turn into 3D knots.
See how the knots may form and break up by ejecting structures
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