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PD Presentation: X6271 X16,8,17,7 X12,3,13,4 X2,15,3,16 X14,5,15,6 X4,13,5,14 X20,12,1,11 X8,20,9,19 X18,10,19,9 X10,18,11,17

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

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

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 1 3 2 / NotAvailable 1

Alexander Polynomial: - 2t-3 + 7t-2 - 13t-1 + 17 - 13t + 7t2 - 2t3

Conway Polynomial: 1 - 3z2 - 5z4 - 2z6

Other knots with the same Alexander/Conway Polynomial: {...}

Determinant and Signature: {61, 0}

Jones Polynomial: q-4 - 3q-3 + 6q-2 - 8q-1 + 10 - 10q + 9q2 - 7q3 + 4q4 - 2q5 + q6

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

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-12 - q-10 + q-8 + q-6 - q-4 + 3q-2 - 1 + q2 - q4 - 2q6 + q8 - 2q10 + q12 + q14 + q18

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: 2a-4 + 3a-4z2 + a-4z4 - 3a-2 - 6a-2z2 - 4a-2z4 - a-2z6 + 1 - 2z2 - 3z4 - z6 + a2 + 2a2z2 + a2z4

Kauffman Polynomial: 4a-6z2 - 4a-6z4 + a-6z6 - 2a-5z + 7a-5z3 - 7a-5z5 + 2a-5z7 + 2a-4 - 4a-4z2 + 4a-4z4 - 5a-4z6 + 2a-4z8 - 2a-3z + 4a-3z3 - 6a-3z5 + a-3z7 + a-3z9 + 3a-2 - 12a-2z2 + 14a-2z4 - 12a-2z6 + 5a-2z8 - a-1z + 5a-1z3 - 9a-1z5 + 4a-1z7 + a-1z9 + 1 + z2 - 2z4 - z6 + 3z8 - az + 5az3 - 7az5 + 5az7 - a2 + 4a2z2 - 7a2z4 + 5a2z6 - 3a3z3 + 3a3z5 - a4z2 + a4z4

V2 and V3, the type 2 and 3 Vassiliev invariants: {-3, -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=0 is the signature of 1026. Nonzero entries off the critical diagonals (if any exist) are highlighted in red.)
  
trqj r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4r = 5r = 6
j = 13          1
j = 11         1 
j = 9        31 
j = 7       41  
j = 5      53   
j = 3     54    
j = 1    55     
j = -1   46      
j = -3  24       
j = -5 14        
j = -7 2         
j = -91          

 n  Coloured Jones Polynomial (in the (n+1)-dimensional representation of sl(2))
2 q-12 - 3q-11 + 2q-10 + 7q-9 - 16q-8 + 6q-7 + 25q-6 - 41q-5 + 7q-4 + 53q-3 - 67q-2 + 2q-1 + 78 - 78q - 8q2 + 85q3 - 67q4 - 19q5 + 73q6 - 42q7 - 23q8 + 47q9 - 18q10 - 17q11 + 21q12 - 4q13 - 8q14 + 6q15 - 2q17 + q18
3 q-24 - 3q-23 + 2q-22 + 3q-21 - q-20 - 10q-19 + 4q-18 + 20q-17 - 7q-16 - 37q-15 + 11q-14 + 60q-13 - 8q-12 - 100q-11 + 9q-10 + 141q-9 + 5q-8 - 197q-7 - 19q-6 + 244q-5 + 51q-4 - 295q-3 - 77q-2 + 322q-1 + 117 - 343q - 144q2 + 335q3 + 178q4 - 318q5 - 199q6 + 284q7 + 214q8 - 237q9 - 224q10 + 187q11 + 219q12 - 133q13 - 207q14 + 85q15 + 180q16 - 39q17 - 150q18 + 9q19 + 113q20 + 11q21 - 76q22 - 22q23 + 49q24 + 19q25 - 24q26 - 18q27 + 14q28 + 9q29 - 4q30 - 7q31 + 3q32 + 2q33 - 2q35 + q36
4 q-40 - 3q-39 + 2q-38 + 3q-37 - 5q-36 + 5q-35 - 12q-34 + 10q-33 + 14q-32 - 22q-31 + 14q-30 - 39q-29 + 33q-28 + 51q-27 - 61q-26 + 14q-25 - 101q-24 + 93q-23 + 147q-22 - 122q-21 - 32q-20 - 246q-19 + 207q-18 + 373q-17 - 159q-16 - 172q-15 - 551q-14 + 334q-13 + 764q-12 - 68q-11 - 353q-10 - 1042q-9 + 351q-8 + 1220q-7 + 198q-6 - 436q-5 - 1579q-4 + 196q-3 + 1532q-2 + 537q-1 - 330 - 1949q - 66q2 + 1577q3 + 798q4 - 84q5 - 2038q6 - 328q7 + 1372q8 + 921q9 + 220q10 - 1877q11 - 543q12 + 1002q13 + 920q14 + 520q15 - 1526q16 - 689q17 + 541q18 + 801q19 + 758q20 - 1046q21 - 714q22 + 95q23 + 552q24 + 834q25 - 530q26 - 564q27 - 206q28 + 231q29 + 695q30 - 135q31 - 296q32 - 273q33 - 18q34 + 417q35 + 37q36 - 65q37 - 175q38 - 103q39 + 173q40 + 41q41 + 29q42 - 62q43 - 74q44 + 51q45 + 8q46 + 28q47 - 11q48 - 30q49 + 14q50 - 3q51 + 10q52 - 9q54 + 4q55 - q56 + 2q57 - 2q59 + q60
5 q-60 - 3q-59 + 2q-58 + 3q-57 - 5q-56 + q-55 + 3q-54 - 6q-53 + 4q-52 + 10q-51 - 11q-50 - 8q-49 + 8q-48 - 4q-47 + 10q-46 + 15q-45 - 16q-44 - 29q-43 - q-42 + 26q-41 + 41q-40 + 20q-39 - 60q-38 - 100q-37 - 27q-36 + 117q-35 + 206q-34 + 72q-33 - 222q-32 - 393q-31 - 175q-30 + 336q-29 + 716q-28 + 427q-27 - 500q-26 - 1179q-25 - 806q-24 + 540q-23 + 1786q-22 + 1489q-21 - 525q-20 - 2484q-19 - 2326q-18 + 231q-17 + 3154q-16 + 3452q-15 + 244q-14 - 3727q-13 - 4588q-12 - 1029q-11 + 4070q-10 + 5771q-9 + 1925q-8 - 4157q-7 - 6708q-6 - 2970q-5 + 3966q-4 + 7477q-3 + 3883q-2 - 3559q-1 - 7836 - 4759q + 3001q2 + 7995q3 + 5351q4 - 2376q5 - 7803q6 - 5807q7 + 1702q8 + 7485q9 + 6039q10 - 1057q11 - 6949q12 - 6152q13 + 387q14 + 6316q15 + 6150q16 + 287q17 - 5572q18 - 6040q19 - 974q20 + 4696q21 + 5837q22 + 1671q23 - 3739q24 - 5484q25 - 2307q26 + 2659q27 + 4993q28 + 2828q29 - 1568q30 - 4281q31 - 3180q32 + 496q33 + 3447q34 + 3257q35 + 417q36 - 2462q37 - 3071q38 - 1137q39 + 1511q40 + 2634q41 + 1527q42 - 631q43 - 2015q44 - 1643q45 - 45q46 + 1360q47 + 1490q48 + 452q49 - 739q50 - 1158q51 - 652q52 + 272q53 + 806q54 + 606q55 + 25q56 - 437q57 - 502q58 - 163q59 + 213q60 + 314q61 + 181q62 - 38q63 - 191q64 - 147q65 - 7q66 + 73q67 + 93q68 + 45q69 - 39q70 - 51q71 - 18q72 - 3q73 + 22q74 + 26q75 - 5q76 - 13q77 - 6q79 + q80 + 9q81 - q82 - 5q83 + 2q84 - q86 + 2q87 - 2q89 + q90
6 q-84 - 3q-83 + 2q-82 + 3q-81 - 5q-80 + q-79 - q-78 + 9q-77 - 12q-76 + 21q-74 - 22q-73 - q-72 - q-71 + 28q-70 - 30q-69 - 11q-68 + 64q-67 - 53q-66 - 9q-65 + 2q-64 + 79q-63 - 77q-62 - 48q-61 + 138q-60 - 126q-59 - 15q-58 + 35q-57 + 237q-56 - 117q-55 - 152q-54 + 160q-53 - 391q-52 - 108q-51 + 175q-50 + 762q-49 + 130q-48 - 183q-47 - 61q-46 - 1349q-45 - 809q-44 + 232q-43 + 2098q-42 + 1516q-41 + 669q-40 - 347q-39 - 3749q-38 - 3431q-37 - 931q-36 + 4105q-35 + 5165q-34 + 4225q-33 + 724q-32 - 7460q-31 - 9403q-30 - 5564q-29 + 4982q-28 + 10841q-27 + 12094q-26 + 5736q-25 - 10219q-24 - 18130q-23 - 15209q-22 + 1745q-21 + 15693q-20 + 23124q-19 + 16005q-18 - 8665q-17 - 25997q-16 - 27995q-15 - 6794q-14 + 16016q-13 + 32992q-12 + 29034q-11 - 1762q-10 - 28980q-9 - 39064q-8 - 17871q-7 + 10926q-6 + 37603q-5 + 39858q-4 + 7636q-3 - 26330q-2 - 44552q-1 - 26904 + 3228q + 36470q2 + 45193q3 + 15511q4 - 20643q5 - 44351q6 - 31467q7 - 3705q8 + 32020q9 + 45409q10 + 20206q11 - 14621q12 - 40746q13 - 32380q14 - 8864q15 + 26403q16 + 42667q17 + 22785q18 - 8775q19 - 35451q20 - 31571q21 - 13356q22 + 19818q23 + 38251q24 + 24733q25 - 2122q26 - 28415q27 - 29698q28 - 18097q29 + 11443q30 + 31729q31 + 25911q32 + 5635q33 - 18883q34 - 25658q35 - 22100q36 + 1482q37 + 22182q38 + 24440q39 + 12715q40 - 7413q41 - 18115q42 - 22779q43 - 7659q44 + 10345q45 + 18619q46 + 15938q47 + 3090q48 - 7858q49 - 18276q50 - 12397q51 - 478q52 + 9446q53 + 13402q54 + 8808q55 + 1541q56 - 9989q57 - 11004q58 - 6364q59 + 849q60 + 6902q61 + 8317q62 + 6247q63 - 2183q64 - 5716q65 - 6282q66 - 3447q67 + 819q68 + 4221q69 + 5699q70 + 1671q71 - 875q72 - 3091q73 - 3253q74 - 1846q75 + 603q76 + 2839q77 + 1762q78 + 1073q79 - 445q80 - 1354q81 - 1620q82 - 701q83 + 707q84 + 617q85 + 886q86 + 400q87 - 105q88 - 663q89 - 535q90 + 8q91 - 40q92 + 297q93 + 276q94 + 182q95 - 146q96 - 180q97 - 21q98 - 125q99 + 32q100 + 74q101 + 111q102 - 19q103 - 38q104 + 19q105 - 56q106 - 10q107 + 5q108 + 39q109 - 5q110 - 11q111 + 17q112 - 14q113 - 4q114 - 3q115 + 11q116 - 2q117 - 6q118 + 6q119 - 2q120 - q122 + 2q123 - 2q125 + q126


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, 26]]
Out[2]=   
PD[X[6, 2, 7, 1], X[16, 8, 17, 7], X[12, 3, 13, 4], X[2, 15, 3, 16], 
 
>   X[14, 5, 15, 6], X[4, 13, 5, 14], X[20, 12, 1, 11], X[8, 20, 9, 19], 
 
>   X[18, 10, 19, 9], X[10, 18, 11, 17]]
In[3]:=
GaussCode[Knot[10, 26]]
Out[3]=   
GaussCode[1, -4, 3, -6, 5, -1, 2, -8, 9, -10, 7, -3, 6, -5, 4, -2, 10, -9, 8, 
 
>   -7]
In[4]:=
DTCode[Knot[10, 26]]
Out[4]=   
DTCode[6, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 4, 2, 10, 8]
In[5]:=
br = BR[Knot[10, 26]]
Out[5]=   
BR[4, {-1, -1, -1, 2, -1, 2, 2, 2, 3, -2, 3}]
In[6]:=
{First[br], Crossings[br]}
Out[6]=   
{4, 11}
In[7]:=
BraidIndex[Knot[10, 26]]
Out[7]=   
4
In[8]:=
Show[DrawMorseLink[Knot[10, 26]]]
Out[8]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[9]:=
#[Knot[10, 26]]& /@ {SymmetryType, UnknottingNumber, ThreeGenus, BridgeIndex, SuperBridgeIndex, NakanishiIndex}
Out[9]=   
{Reversible, 1, 3, 2, NotAvailable, 1}
In[10]:=
alex = Alexander[Knot[10, 26]][t]
Out[10]=   
     2    7    13             2      3
17 - -- + -- - -- - 13 t + 7 t  - 2 t
      3    2   t
     t    t
In[11]:=
Conway[Knot[10, 26]][z]
Out[11]=   
       2      4      6
1 - 3 z  - 5 z  - 2 z
In[12]:=
Select[AllKnots[], (alex === Alexander[#][t])&]
Out[12]=   
{Knot[10, 26]}
In[13]:=
{KnotDet[Knot[10, 26]], KnotSignature[Knot[10, 26]]}
Out[13]=   
{61, 0}
In[14]:=
Jones[Knot[10, 26]][q]
Out[14]=   
      -4   3    6    8             2      3      4      5    6
10 + q   - -- + -- - - - 10 q + 9 q  - 7 q  + 4 q  - 2 q  + q
            3    2   q
           q    q
In[15]:=
Select[AllKnots[], (J === Jones[#][q] || (J /. q-> 1/q) === Jones[#][q])&]
Out[15]=   
{Knot[10, 26]}
In[16]:=
A2Invariant[Knot[10, 26]][q]
Out[16]=   
      -12    -10    -8    -6    -4   3     2    4      6    8      10    12
-1 + q    - q    + q   + q   - q   + -- + q  - q  - 2 q  + q  - 2 q   + q   + 
                                      2
                                     q
 
     14    18
>   q   + q
In[17]:=
HOMFLYPT[Knot[10, 26]][a, z]
Out[17]=   
                             2      2                     4      4
    2    3     2      2   3 z    6 z       2  2      4   z    4 z     2  4
1 + -- - -- + a  - 2 z  + ---- - ---- + 2 a  z  - 3 z  + -- - ---- + a  z  - 
     4    2                 4      2                      4     2
    a    a                 a      a                      a     a
 
          6
     6   z
>   z  - --
          2
         a
In[18]:=
Kauffman[Knot[10, 26]][a, z]
Out[18]=   
                                                 2      2       2
    2    3     2   2 z   2 z   z          2   4 z    4 z    12 z       2  2
1 + -- + -- - a  - --- - --- - - - a z + z  + ---- - ---- - ----- + 4 a  z  - 
     4    2         5     3    a                6      4      2
    a    a         a     a                     a      a      a
 
               3      3      3                                4      4
     4  2   7 z    4 z    5 z         3      3  3      4   4 z    4 z
>   a  z  + ---- + ---- + ---- + 5 a z  - 3 a  z  - 2 z  - ---- + ---- + 
              5      3     a                                 6      4
             a      a                                       a      a
 
        4                        5      5      5                            6
    14 z       2  4    4  4   7 z    6 z    9 z         5      3  5    6   z
>   ----- - 7 a  z  + a  z  - ---- - ---- - ---- - 7 a z  + 3 a  z  - z  + -- - 
      2                         5      3     a                              6
     a                         a      a                                    a
 
       6       6                7    7      7                      8      8
    5 z    12 z       2  6   2 z    z    4 z         7      8   2 z    5 z
>   ---- - ----- + 5 a  z  + ---- + -- + ---- + 5 a z  + 3 z  + ---- + ---- + 
      4      2                 5     3    a                       4      2
     a      a                 a     a                            a      a
 
     9    9
    z    z
>   -- + --
     3   a
    a
In[19]:=
{Vassiliev[2][Knot[10, 26]], Vassiliev[3][Knot[10, 26]]}
Out[19]=   
{-3, -2}
In[20]:=
Kh[Knot[10, 26]][q, t]
Out[20]=   
6           1       2       1       4       2      4      4               3
- + 5 q + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ---- + --- + 5 q t + 5 q  t + 
q          9  4    7  3    5  3    5  2    3  2    3     q t
          q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t
 
       3  2      5  2      5  3      7  3    7  4      9  4    9  5    11  5
>   4 q  t  + 5 q  t  + 3 q  t  + 4 q  t  + q  t  + 3 q  t  + q  t  + q   t  + 
 
     13  6
>   q   t
In[21]:=
ColouredJones[Knot[10, 26], 2][q]
Out[21]=   
      -12    3     2    7    16   6    25   41   7    53   67   2
78 + q    - --- + --- + -- - -- + -- + -- - -- + -- + -- - -- + - - 78 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       8       9       10
>   8 q  + 85 q  - 67 q  - 19 q  + 73 q  - 42 q  - 23 q  + 47 q  - 18 q   - 
 
        11       12      13      14      15      17    18
>   17 q   + 21 q   - 4 q   - 8 q   + 6 q   - 2 q   + q


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