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

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

Jones Polynomial: - q-19/2 + 3q-17/2 - 7q-15/2 + 9q-13/2 - 14q-11/2 + 12q-9/2 - 14q-7/2 + 9q-5/2 - 7q-3/2 + 3q-1/2 - q1/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-30 + q-28 + 6q-24 + 6q-22 + 8q-20 + 14q-18 + 10q-16 + 13q-14 + 8q-12 + 6q-10 + 6q-8 - q-6 + 3q-4 - 1 + q2

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - az - az3 - a3z-3 - 4a3z-1 - 4a3z + a3z5 + 3a5z-3 + 9a5z-1 + 10a5z + 6a5z3 + 2a5z5 - 3a7z-3 - 6a7z-1 - 6a7z - 3a7z3 + a9z-3 + a9z-1 + a9z

Kauffman Polynomial: - az + 2az3 - az5 - a2z2 + 5a2z4 - 3a2z6 + a3z-3 - 5a3z-1 + 11a3z - 10a3z3 + 10a3z5 - 5a3z7 - 3a4z-2 + 10a4 - 14a4z2 + 9a4z4 + 2a4z6 - 4a4z8 + 3a5z-3 - 12a5z-1 + 33a5z - 54a5z3 + 42a5z5 - 13a5z7 - a5z9 - 6a6z-2 + 19a6 - 26a6z2 + 8a6z4 + 10a6z6 - 8a6z8 + 3a7z-3 - 12a7z-1 + 33a7z - 54a7z3 + 42a7z5 - 13a7z7 - a7z9 - 3a8z-2 + 10a8 - 14a8z2 + 9a8z4 + 2a8z6 - 4a8z8 + a9z-3 - 5a9z-1 + 11a9z - 10a9z3 + 10a9z5 - 5a9z7 - a10z2 + 5a10z4 - 3a10z6 - a11z + 2a11z3 - a11z5

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -8r = -7r = -6r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2
j = 2          1
j = 0         2 
j = -2        51 
j = -4       64  
j = -6      83   
j = -8     68    
j = -10    86     
j = -12   38      
j = -14  46       
j = -16 15        
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):

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<< KnotTheory`
Loading KnotTheory` (version of August 30, 2005, 10:15:35)...
In[2]:=
Length[Skeleton[L]]
Out[2]=   
4
In[3]:=
Show[DrawMorseLink[Link[10, Alternating, 171]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[10, Alternating, 171]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[12, 3, 13, 4], X[10, 13, 5, 14], X[20, 16, 17, 15], 
 
>   X[14, 7, 15, 8], X[16, 20, 11, 19], X[8, 17, 9, 18], X[18, 9, 19, 10], 
 
>   X[2, 5, 3, 6], X[4, 11, 1, 12]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -9, 2, -10}, {7, -8, 6, -4}, {9, -1, 5, -7, 8, -3}, 
 
>   {10, -2, 3, -5, 4, -6}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
  -(19/2)     3       7       9      14      12     14     9      7
-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
 
       3
>   ------- - Sqrt[q]
    Sqrt[q]
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
      -30    -28    6     6     8    14    10    13     8     6    6     -6
-1 + q    + q    + --- + --- + --- + --- + --- + --- + --- + --- + -- - q   + 
                    24    22    20    18    16    14    12    10    8
                   q     q     q     q     q     q     q     q     q
 
    3     2
>   -- + q
     4
    q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[10, Alternating, 171]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
   3       5      7    9      3      5      7    9
  a     3 a    3 a    a    4 a    9 a    6 a    a             3         5
-(--) + ---- - ---- + -- - ---- + ---- - ---- + -- - a z - 4 a  z + 10 a  z - 
   3      3      3     3    z      z      z     z
  z      z      z     z
 
       7      9        3      5  3      7  3    3  5      5  5
>   6 a  z + a  z - a z  + 6 a  z  - 3 a  z  + a  z  + 2 a  z
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[10, Alternating, 171]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                         3      5      7    9      4      6      8      3
    4       6       8   a    3 a    3 a    a    3 a    6 a    3 a    5 a
10 a  + 19 a  + 10 a  + -- + ---- + ---- + -- - ---- - ---- - ---- - ---- - 
                         3     3      3     3     2      2      2     z
                        z     z      z     z     z      z      z
 
        5       7      9
    12 a    12 a    5 a              3         5         7         9
>   ----- - ----- - ---- - a z + 11 a  z + 33 a  z + 33 a  z + 11 a  z - 
      z       z      z
 
     11      2  2       4  2       6  2       8  2    10  2        3
>   a   z - a  z  - 14 a  z  - 26 a  z  - 14 a  z  - a   z  + 2 a z  - 
 
        3  3       5  3       7  3       9  3      11  3      2  4      4  4
>   10 a  z  - 54 a  z  - 54 a  z  - 10 a  z  + 2 a   z  + 5 a  z  + 9 a  z  + 
 
       6  4      8  4      10  4      5       3  5       5  5       7  5
>   8 a  z  + 9 a  z  + 5 a   z  - a z  + 10 a  z  + 42 a  z  + 42 a  z  + 
 
        9  5    11  5      2  6      4  6       6  6      8  6      10  6
>   10 a  z  - a   z  - 3 a  z  + 2 a  z  + 10 a  z  + 2 a  z  - 3 a   z  - 
 
       3  7       5  7       7  7      9  7      4  8      6  8      8  8
>   5 a  z  - 13 a  z  - 13 a  z  - 5 a  z  - 4 a  z  - 8 a  z  - 4 a  z  - 
 
     5  9    7  9
>   a  z  - a  z
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
4    5      1        2        1        5        4        6        3
-- + -- + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + 
 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
 
      8        8        6        6       8       8      3      6           t
>   ------ + ------ + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----- + ---- + ---- + 2 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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