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PD Presentation: X6172 X10,3,11,4 X16,8,17,7 X18,11,19,12 X20,13,5,14 X12,19,13,20 X14,17,15,18 X8,16,9,15 X2536 X4,9,1,10

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

Jones Polynomial: - q-19/2 + 3q-17/2 - 6q-15/2 + 9q-13/2 - 11q-11/2 + 11q-9/2 - 11q-7/2 + 8q-5/2 - 5q-3/2 + 2q-1/2 - q1/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-30 + q-28 - q-26 + 2q-24 - q-22 - 2q-20 + q-18 - 2q-16 + 3q-14 + q-12 + 2q-10 + 3q-8 - 2q-6 + 2q-4 + q2

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - 2az - az3 - 2a3z-1 - 2a3z + a3z3 + a3z5 + 4a5z-1 + 7a5z + 6a5z3 + 2a5z5 - 3a7z-1 - 6a7z - 3a7z3 + a9z-1 + a9z

Kauffman Polynomial: - 2az + 3az3 - az5 - a2z2 + 4a2z4 - 2a2z6 - 2a3z-1 + 6a3z - 6a3z3 + 6a3z5 - 3a3z7 + 2a4 - a4z2 - 4a4z4 + 5a4z6 - 3a4z8 - 4a5z-1 + 19a5z - 31a5z3 + 21a5z5 - 6a5z7 - a5z9 + 3a6 - 6a6z2 - 4a6z4 + 10a6z6 - 6a6z8 - 3a7z-1 + 14a7z - 25a7z3 + 21a7z5 - 7a7z7 - a7z9 + 3a8 - 9a8z2 + 10a8z4 - 3a8z8 - a9z-1 + 2a9z - a9z3 + 6a9z5 - 4a9z7 + a10 - 3a10z2 + 6a10z4 - 3a10z6 - a11z + 2a11z3 - a11z5

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -8r = -7r = -6r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2
j = 2          1
j = 0         1 
j = -2        41 
j = -4       52  
j = -6      63   
j = -8     55    
j = -10    66     
j = -12   46      
j = -14  25       
j = -16 14        
j = -18 2         
j = -201          


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, 15]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[10, Alternating, 15]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[10, 3, 11, 4], X[16, 8, 17, 7], X[18, 11, 19, 12], 
 
>   X[20, 13, 5, 14], X[12, 19, 13, 20], X[14, 17, 15, 18], X[8, 16, 9, 15], 
 
>   X[2, 5, 3, 6], X[4, 9, 1, 10]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -9, 2, -10}, {9, -1, 3, -8, 10, -2, 4, -6, 5, -7, 8, -3, 7, -4, 
 
>    6, -5}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
  -(19/2)     3       6       9      11      11     11     8      5
-q        + ----- - ----- + ----- - ----- + ---- - ---- + ---- - ---- + 
             17/2    15/2    13/2    11/2    9/2    7/2    5/2    3/2
            q       q       q       q       q      q      q      q
 
       2
>   ------- - Sqrt[q]
    Sqrt[q]
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
 -30    -28    -26    2     -22    2     -18    2     3     -12    2    3
q    + q    - q    + --- - q    - --- + q    - --- + --- + q    + --- + -- - 
                      24           20           16    14           10    8
                     q            q            q     q            q     q
 
    2    2     2
>   -- + -- + q
     6    4
    q    q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[10, Alternating, 15]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
    3      5      7    9
-2 a    4 a    3 a    a               3        5        7      9        3
----- + ---- - ---- + -- - 2 a z - 2 a  z + 7 a  z - 6 a  z + a  z - a z  + 
  z      z      z     z
 
     3  3      5  3      7  3    3  5      5  5
>   a  z  + 6 a  z  - 3 a  z  + a  z  + 2 a  z
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[10, Alternating, 15]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                              3      5      7    9
   4      6      8    10   2 a    4 a    3 a    a               3         5
2 a  + 3 a  + 3 a  + a   - ---- - ---- - ---- - -- - 2 a z + 6 a  z + 19 a  z + 
                            z      z      z     z
 
        7        9      11      2  2    4  2      6  2      8  2      10  2
>   14 a  z + 2 a  z - a   z - a  z  - a  z  - 6 a  z  - 9 a  z  - 3 a   z  + 
 
         3      3  3       5  3       7  3    9  3      11  3      2  4
>   3 a z  - 6 a  z  - 31 a  z  - 25 a  z  - a  z  + 2 a   z  + 4 a  z  - 
 
       4  4      6  4       8  4      10  4      5      3  5       5  5
>   4 a  z  - 4 a  z  + 10 a  z  + 6 a   z  - a z  + 6 a  z  + 21 a  z  + 
 
        7  5      9  5    11  5      2  6      4  6       6  6      10  6
>   21 a  z  + 6 a  z  - a   z  - 2 a  z  + 5 a  z  + 10 a  z  - 3 a   z  - 
 
       3  7      5  7      7  7      9  7      4  8      6  8      8  8
>   3 a  z  - 6 a  z  - 7 a  z  - 4 a  z  - 3 a  z  - 6 a  z  - 3 a  z  - 
 
     5  9    7  9
>   a  z  - a  z
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
2    4      1        2        1        4        2        5        4
-- + -- + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + 
 4    2    20  8    18  7    16  7    16  6    14  6    14  5    12  5
q    q    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t
 
      6        6        6        5       5       6      3      5         t
>   ------ + ------ + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----- + ---- + ---- + t + -- + 
     12  4    10  4    10  3    8  3    8  2    6  2    6      4          2
    q   t    q   t    q   t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t   q  t       q
 
     2  2
>   q  t


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