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10.121
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PD Presentation: X1627 X7,20,8,1 X9,19,10,18 X3,11,4,10 X17,5,18,4 X5,12,6,13 X11,16,12,17 X19,14,20,15 X13,8,14,9 X15,2,16,3

Gauss Code: {-1, 10, -4, 5, -6, 1, -2, 9, -3, 4, -7, 6, -9, 8, -10, 7, -5, 3, -8, 2}

DT (Dowker-Thistlethwaite) Code: 6 10 12 20 18 16 8 2 4 14

Minimum Braid Representative:


Length is 11, width is 4
Braid index is 4

A Morse Link Presentation:

3D Invariants:
Symmetry Type Unknotting Number 3-Genus Bridge/Super Bridge Index Nakanishi Index
Reversible 2 3 3 / NotAvailable 1

Alexander Polynomial: 2t-3 - 11t-2 + 27t-1 - 35 + 27t - 11t2 + 2t3

Conway Polynomial: 1 + z2 + z4 + 2z6

Other knots with the same Alexander/Conway Polynomial: {K11a41, K11a183, K11a198, K11a331, ...}

Determinant and Signature: {115, -2}

Jones Polynomial: - q-8 + 4q-7 - 9q-6 + 14q-5 - 18q-4 + 20q-3 - 18q-2 + 15q-1 - 10 + 5q - q2

Other knots (up to mirrors) with the same Jones Polynomial: {...}

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: - q-24 + 2q-22 - 2q-20 - 2q-18 + 4q-16 - 3q-14 + 3q-12 - q-8 + 3q-6 - 4q-4 + 4q-2 - 1 - q2 + 3q4 - q6

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: 1 - z4 - a2 - a2z2 + a2z4 + a2z6 + 2a4 + 3a4z2 + 2a4z4 + a4z6 - a6 - a6z2 - a6z4

Kauffman Polynomial: a-1z5 + 1 - 5z4 + 5z6 + 4az3 - 15az5 + 10az7 + a2 - 3a2z2 + 3a2z4 - 13a2z6 + 10a2z8 - a3z + 14a3z3 - 30a3z5 + 11a3z7 + 4a3z9 + 2a4 - 7a4z2 + 22a4z4 - 36a4z6 + 19a4z8 - 3a5z + 19a5z3 - 28a5z5 + 9a5z7 + 4a5z9 + a6 - 3a6z2 + 9a6z4 - 14a6z6 + 9a6z8 - 2a7z + 8a7z3 - 13a7z5 + 8a7z7 + a8z2 - 5a8z4 + 4a8z6 - a9z3 + a9z5

V2 and V3, the type 2 and 3 Vassiliev invariants: {1, -2}

Khovanov Homology:
(The squares with yellow highlighting are those on the "critical diagonals", where j-2r=s+1 or j-2r=s+1, where s=-2 is the signature of 10121. Nonzero entries off the critical diagonals (if any exist) are highlighted in red.)
  
trqj r = -7r = -6r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3
j = 5          1
j = 3         4 
j = 1        61 
j = -1       94  
j = -3      107   
j = -5     108    
j = -7    810     
j = -9   610      
j = -11  38       
j = -13 16        
j = -15 3         
j = -171          

 n  Coloured Jones Polynomial (in the (n+1)-dimensional representation of sl(2))
2 q-23 - 4q-22 + 4q-21 + 10q-20 - 32q-19 + 17q-18 + 59q-17 - 106q-16 + 7q-15 + 170q-14 - 186q-13 - 52q-12 + 291q-11 - 215q-10 - 129q-9 + 348q-8 - 179q-7 - 178q-6 + 312q-5 - 99q-4 - 175q-3 + 203q-2 - 20q-1 - 115 + 82q + 12q2 - 41q3 + 15q4 + 5q5 - 5q6 + q7
3 - q-45 + 4q-44 - 4q-43 - 5q-42 + 8q-41 + 18q-40 - 25q-39 - 54q-38 + 60q-37 + 134q-36 - 89q-35 - 296q-34 + 72q-33 + 556q-32 + 34q-31 - 866q-30 - 297q-29 + 1184q-28 + 710q-27 - 1429q-26 - 1233q-25 + 1543q-24 + 1798q-23 - 1511q-22 - 2331q-21 + 1356q-20 + 2765q-19 - 1109q-18 - 3059q-17 + 784q-16 + 3233q-15 - 449q-14 - 3232q-13 + 64q-12 + 3110q-11 + 294q-10 - 2813q-9 - 644q-8 + 2402q-7 + 896q-6 - 1872q-5 - 1038q-4 + 1320q-3 + 1013q-2 - 788q-1 - 874 + 387q + 641q2 - 125q3 - 404q4 + 4q5 + 208q6 + 38q7 - 100q8 - 19q9 + 32q10 + 11q11 - 10q12 - 5q13 + 5q14 - q15
4 q-74 - 4q-73 + 4q-72 + 5q-71 - 13q-70 + 6q-69 - 10q-68 + 36q-67 + 25q-66 - 111q-65 - 26q-64 - 6q-63 + 278q-62 + 247q-61 - 477q-60 - 528q-59 - 354q-58 + 1111q-57 + 1685q-56 - 533q-55 - 2180q-54 - 2867q-53 + 1493q-52 + 5538q-51 + 2438q-50 - 3362q-49 - 9179q-48 - 2283q-47 + 9553q-46 + 10327q-45 + 500q-44 - 16370q-43 - 12097q-42 + 8483q-41 + 19624q-40 + 11021q-39 - 18806q-38 - 23810q-37 + 813q-36 + 24646q-35 + 23705q-34 - 14982q-33 - 31723q-32 - 9405q-31 + 23876q-30 + 33219q-29 - 7995q-28 - 34142q-27 - 18052q-26 + 19437q-25 + 37954q-24 - 530q-23 - 32180q-22 - 24101q-21 + 12749q-20 + 38261q-19 + 7018q-18 - 26171q-17 - 27397q-16 + 3832q-15 + 33559q-14 + 13781q-13 - 15946q-12 - 26135q-11 - 5597q-10 + 23284q-9 + 16524q-8 - 4083q-7 - 18889q-6 - 11015q-5 + 10561q-4 + 12915q-3 + 3822q-2 - 8735q-1 - 9653 + 1523q + 5955q2 + 4894q3 - 1616q4 - 4720q5 - 1182q6 + 1127q7 + 2406q8 + 481q9 - 1236q10 - 644q11 - 173q12 + 590q13 + 289q14 - 176q15 - 97q16 - 106q17 + 82q18 + 52q19 - 25q20 - 2q21 - 16q22 + 10q23 + 5q24 - 5q25 + q26
5 - q-110 + 4q-109 - 4q-108 - 5q-107 + 13q-106 - q-105 - 14q-104 - q-103 - 7q-102 + 10q-101 + 78q-100 + 32q-99 - 131q-98 - 196q-97 - 100q-96 + 230q-95 + 628q-94 + 523q-93 - 417q-92 - 1582q-91 - 1652q-90 + 140q-89 + 3074q-88 + 4482q-87 + 1710q-86 - 4710q-85 - 9673q-84 - 6938q-83 + 4466q-82 + 16938q-81 + 17892q-80 + 1065q-79 - 24141q-78 - 35432q-77 - 15987q-76 + 26168q-75 + 57614q-74 + 43794q-73 - 16583q-72 - 79185q-71 - 83915q-70 - 10429q-69 + 91411q-68 + 131709q-67 + 57493q-66 - 86326q-65 - 178297q-64 - 121321q-63 + 58443q-62 + 213473q-61 + 194245q-60 - 7919q-59 - 229518q-58 - 265676q-57 - 59569q-56 + 223155q-55 + 325835q-54 + 135017q-53 - 196351q-52 - 368727q-51 - 208778q-50 + 155175q-49 + 392638q-48 + 273351q-47 - 106875q-46 - 399728q-45 - 325057q-44 + 57800q-43 + 394335q-42 + 363719q-41 - 12099q-40 - 380646q-39 - 390960q-38 - 29850q-37 + 361491q-36 + 410235q-35 + 68646q-34 - 337731q-33 - 422549q-32 - 107164q-31 + 307561q-30 + 429225q-29 + 146528q-28 - 269102q-27 - 427285q-26 - 187091q-25 + 219600q-24 + 414167q-23 + 225845q-22 - 159267q-21 - 385285q-20 - 257884q-19 + 90509q-18 + 338995q-17 + 276333q-16 - 19871q-15 - 275665q-14 - 275896q-13 - 44019q-12 + 201274q-11 + 253523q-10 + 91957q-9 - 124190q-8 - 211957q-7 - 118030q-6 + 55648q-5 + 158188q-4 + 120534q-3 - 3736q-2 - 102435q-1 - 104297 - 26923q + 54320q2 + 77330q3 + 37974q4 - 19965q5 - 48831q6 - 34927q7 + 298q8 + 25619q9 + 25362q10 + 7132q11 - 10397q12 - 14877q13 - 7674q14 + 2485q15 + 7390q16 + 5211q17 + 293q18 - 2813q19 - 2763q20 - 872q21 + 903q22 + 1219q23 + 497q24 - 195q25 - 408q26 - 230q27 + 4q28 + 149q29 + 90q30 - 29q31 - 34q32 - 8q33 - 5q34 + 7q35 + 16q36 - 10q37 - 5q38 + 5q39 - q40


Computer Talk. The data above can be recomputed by Mathematica using the package KnotTheory`. Following setup, the sample Mathematica session below reproduces most of the above data (Mathematica system prompts in blue, human input in red, Mathematica output in black):

In[1]:=    
<< KnotTheory`
Loading KnotTheory` (version of August 30, 2005, 10:15:35)...
In[2]:=
PD[Knot[10, 121]]
Out[2]=   
PD[X[1, 6, 2, 7], X[7, 20, 8, 1], X[9, 19, 10, 18], X[3, 11, 4, 10], 
 
>   X[17, 5, 18, 4], X[5, 12, 6, 13], X[11, 16, 12, 17], X[19, 14, 20, 15], 
 
>   X[13, 8, 14, 9], X[15, 2, 16, 3]]
In[3]:=
GaussCode[Knot[10, 121]]
Out[3]=   
GaussCode[-1, 10, -4, 5, -6, 1, -2, 9, -3, 4, -7, 6, -9, 8, -10, 7, -5, 3, -8, 
 
>   2]
In[4]:=
DTCode[Knot[10, 121]]
Out[4]=   
DTCode[6, 10, 12, 20, 18, 16, 8, 2, 4, 14]
In[5]:=
br = BR[Knot[10, 121]]
Out[5]=   
BR[4, {-1, -1, -2, 3, -2, 1, -2, 3, -2, 3, -2}]
In[6]:=
{First[br], Crossings[br]}
Out[6]=   
{4, 11}
In[7]:=
BraidIndex[Knot[10, 121]]
Out[7]=   
4
In[8]:=
Show[DrawMorseLink[Knot[10, 121]]]
Out[8]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[9]:=
#[Knot[10, 121]]& /@ {SymmetryType, UnknottingNumber, ThreeGenus, BridgeIndex, SuperBridgeIndex, NakanishiIndex}
Out[9]=   
{Reversible, 2, 3, 3, NotAvailable, 1}
In[10]:=
alex = Alexander[Knot[10, 121]][t]
Out[10]=   
      2    11   27              2      3
-35 + -- - -- + -- + 27 t - 11 t  + 2 t
       3    2   t
      t    t
In[11]:=
Conway[Knot[10, 121]][z]
Out[11]=   
     2    4      6
1 + z  + z  + 2 z
In[12]:=
Select[AllKnots[], (alex === Alexander[#][t])&]
Out[12]=   
{Knot[10, 121], Knot[11, Alternating, 41], Knot[11, Alternating, 183], 
 
>   Knot[11, Alternating, 198], Knot[11, Alternating, 331]}
In[13]:=
{KnotDet[Knot[10, 121]], KnotSignature[Knot[10, 121]]}
Out[13]=   
{115, -2}
In[14]:=
Jones[Knot[10, 121]][q]
Out[14]=   
       -8   4    9    14   18   20   18   15          2
-10 - q   + -- - -- + -- - -- + -- - -- + -- + 5 q - q
             7    6    5    4    3    2   q
            q    q    q    q    q    q
In[15]:=
Select[AllKnots[], (J === Jones[#][q] || (J /. q-> 1/q) === Jones[#][q])&]
Out[15]=   
{Knot[10, 121]}
In[16]:=
A2Invariant[Knot[10, 121]][q]
Out[16]=   
      -24    2     2     2     4     3     3     -8   3    4    4     2
-1 - q    + --- - --- - --- + --- - --- + --- - q   + -- - -- + -- - q  + 
             22    20    18    16    14    12          6    4    2
            q     q     q     q     q     q           q    q    q
 
       4    6
>   3 q  - q
In[17]:=
HOMFLYPT[Knot[10, 121]][a, z]
Out[17]=   
     2      4    6    2  2      4  2    6  2    4    2  4      4  4    6  4
1 - a  + 2 a  - a  - a  z  + 3 a  z  - a  z  - z  + a  z  + 2 a  z  - a  z  + 
 
     2  6    4  6
>   a  z  + a  z
In[18]:=
Kauffman[Knot[10, 121]][a, z]
Out[18]=   
     2      4    6    3        5        7        2  2      4  2      6  2
1 + a  + 2 a  + a  - a  z - 3 a  z - 2 a  z - 3 a  z  - 7 a  z  - 3 a  z  + 
 
     8  2        3       3  3       5  3      7  3    9  3      4      2  4
>   a  z  + 4 a z  + 14 a  z  + 19 a  z  + 8 a  z  - a  z  - 5 z  + 3 a  z  + 
 
                                    5
        4  4      6  4      8  4   z          5       3  5       5  5
>   22 a  z  + 9 a  z  - 5 a  z  + -- - 15 a z  - 30 a  z  - 28 a  z  - 
                                   a
 
        7  5    9  5      6       2  6       4  6       6  6      8  6
>   13 a  z  + a  z  + 5 z  - 13 a  z  - 36 a  z  - 14 a  z  + 4 a  z  + 
 
          7       3  7      5  7      7  7       2  8       4  8      6  8
>   10 a z  + 11 a  z  + 9 a  z  + 8 a  z  + 10 a  z  + 19 a  z  + 9 a  z  + 
 
       3  9      5  9
>   4 a  z  + 4 a  z
In[19]:=
{Vassiliev[2][Knot[10, 121]], Vassiliev[3][Knot[10, 121]]}
Out[19]=   
{1, -2}
In[20]:=
Kh[Knot[10, 121]][q, t]
Out[20]=   
7    9     1        3        1        6        3        8        6      10
-- + - + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ----- + ----- + 
 3   q    17  7    15  6    13  6    13  5    11  5    11  4    9  4    9  3
q        q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q  t    q  t
 
      8      10      10      8      10    4 t              2      3  2    5  3
>   ----- + ----- + ----- + ---- + ---- + --- + 6 q t + q t  + 4 q  t  + q  t
     7  3    7  2    5  2    5      3      q
    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t   q  t
In[21]:=
ColouredJones[Knot[10, 121], 2][q]
Out[21]=   
        -23    4     4    10    32    17    59    106    7    170   186   52
-115 + q    - --- + --- + --- - --- + --- + --- - --- + --- + --- - --- - --- + 
               22    21    20    19    18    17    16    15    14    13    12
              q     q     q     q     q     q     q     q     q     q     q
 
    291   215   129   348   179   178   312   99   175   203   20
>   --- - --- - --- + --- - --- - --- + --- - -- - --- + --- - -- + 82 q + 
     11    10    9     8     7     6     5     4    3     2    q
    q     q     q     q     q     q     q     q    q     q
 
        2       3       4      5      6    7
>   12 q  - 41 q  + 15 q  + 5 q  - 5 q  + q


Dror Bar-Natan: The Knot Atlas: The Rolfsen Knot Table: The Knot 10121
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