Eighty-five, according to research carried out, the two physicists applied “knot theory,” normally used in physics and the study of DNA, to calculate the figure. They applied a limit of nine moves (the most that can be practically made with a standard tie) of the wider end of the garment to the right, left or centre and away or towards the shirt.
However, only 13 possibilities were considered aesthetically acceptable, of which four are widely used already. And they admit that all 13 are simply fatter or thinner versions of the same V-shaped knot.
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