In knot theory, a Lissajous knot is a knot defined by parametric equations of the form
where nx{\displaystyle n_{x}}, ny{\displaystyle n_{y}}, and nz{\displaystyle n_{z}} are integers and the phase shifts ϕx{\displaystyle \phi _{x}}, ϕy{\displaystyle \phi _{y}}, and ϕz{\displaystyle \phi _{z}} may be any real numbers.