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PD Presentation: X6172 X14,7,15,8 X4,15,1,16 X10,6,11,5 X8493 X18,11,19,12 X20,17,5,18 X12,19,13,20 X16,10,17,9 X2,14,3,13

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

Jones Polynomial: - q-13/2 + 5q-11/2 - 9q-9/2 + 13q-7/2 - 17q-5/2 + 17q-3/2 - 17q-1/2 + 12q1/2 - 8q3/2 + 4q5/2 - q7/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-20 - 2q-18 - 2q-16 + q-14 - 4q-12 + 3q-10 + 2q-8 + 2q-6 + 6q-4 - q-2 + 5 - 2q2 - q4 + 2q6 - 2q8 + q10

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - a-1z - 2a-1z3 - a-1z5 - 2az-1 + az + 6az3 + 4az5 + az7 + 3a3z-1 - 4a3z3 - 2a3z5 - a5z-1 + a5z3

Kauffman Polynomial: a-3z3 - a-3z5 - 2a-2z2 + 6a-2z4 - 4a-2z6 + 2a-1z - 8a-1z3 + 12a-1z5 - 7a-1z7 - 5z2 + 7z4 + 3z6 - 6z8 + 2az-1 + 3az - 26az3 + 37az5 - 15az7 - 2az9 - 3a2 - 5a2z2 + 5a2z4 + 15a2z6 - 13a2z8 + 3a3z-1 + a3z - 23a3z3 + 40a3z5 - 17a3z7 - 2a3z9 - 3a4 - 2a4z2 + 10a4z4 + 3a4z6 - 7a4z8 + a5z-1 - 6a5z3 + 15a5z5 - 9a5z7 - a6 + 6a6z4 - 5a6z6 - a7z5

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -6r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4
j = 8          1
j = 6         3 
j = 4        51 
j = 2       73  
j = 0      105   
j = -2     99    
j = -4    88     
j = -6   59      
j = -8  48       
j = -10 15        
j = -12 4         
j = -141          


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]:=
Length[Skeleton[L]]
Out[2]=   
2
In[3]:=
Show[DrawMorseLink[Link[10, Alternating, 1]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[10, Alternating, 1]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[14, 7, 15, 8], X[4, 15, 1, 16], X[10, 6, 11, 5], 
 
>   X[8, 4, 9, 3], X[18, 11, 19, 12], X[20, 17, 5, 18], X[12, 19, 13, 20], 
 
>   X[16, 10, 17, 9], X[2, 14, 3, 13]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -10, 5, -3}, {4, -1, 2, -5, 9, -4, 6, -8, 10, -2, 3, -9, 7, -6, 
 
>    8, -7}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
  -(13/2)     5      9      13     17     17      17                      3/2
-q        + ----- - ---- + ---- - ---- + ---- - ------- + 12 Sqrt[q] - 8 q    + 
             11/2    9/2    7/2    5/2    3/2   Sqrt[q]
            q       q      q      q      q
 
       5/2    7/2
>   4 q    - q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
     -20    2     2     -14    4     3    2    2    6     -2      2    4
5 + q    - --- - --- + q    - --- + --- + -- + -- + -- - q   - 2 q  - q  + 
            18    16           12    10    8    6    4
           q     q            q     q     q    q    q
 
       6      8    10
>   2 q  - 2 q  + q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[10, Alternating, 1]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
          3    5                3                               5
-2 a   3 a    a    z         2 z         3      3  3    5  3   z         5
---- + ---- - -- - - + a z - ---- + 6 a z  - 4 a  z  + a  z  - -- + 4 a z  - 
 z      z     z    a          a                                a
 
       3  5      7
>   2 a  z  + a z
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[10, Alternating, 1]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                             3    5                                  2
    2      4    6   2 a   3 a    a    2 z            3        2   2 z
-3 a  - 3 a  - a  + --- + ---- + -- + --- + 3 a z + a  z - 5 z  - ---- - 
                     z     z     z     a                            2
                                                                   a
 
                         3      3
       2  2      4  2   z    8 z          3       3  3      5  3      4
>   5 a  z  - 2 a  z  + -- - ---- - 26 a z  - 23 a  z  - 6 a  z  + 7 z  + 
                         3    a
                        a
 
       4                                   5       5
    6 z       2  4       4  4      6  4   z    12 z          5       3  5
>   ---- + 5 a  z  + 10 a  z  + 6 a  z  - -- + ----- + 37 a z  + 40 a  z  + 
      2                                    3     a
     a                                    a
 
                                 6                                     7
        5  5    7  5      6   4 z        2  6      4  6      6  6   7 z
>   15 a  z  - a  z  + 3 z  - ---- + 15 a  z  + 3 a  z  - 5 a  z  - ---- - 
                                2                                    a
                               a
 
          7       3  7      5  7      8       2  8      4  8        9      3  9
>   15 a z  - 17 a  z  - 9 a  z  - 6 z  - 13 a  z  - 7 a  z  - 2 a z  - 2 a  z
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
     9      1        4        1        5        4       8       5       9
10 + -- + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + 
      2    14  6    12  5    10  5    10  4    8  4    8  3    6  3    6  2
     q    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t
 
      8      8      9              2        2  2      4  2    4  3      6  3
>   ----- + ---- + ---- + 5 t + 7 q  t + 3 q  t  + 5 q  t  + q  t  + 3 q  t  + 
     4  2    4      2
    q  t    q  t   q  t
 
     8  4
>   q  t


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