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PD Presentation: X6172 X14,7,15,8 X18,15,19,16 X16,10,17,9 X8,18,9,17 X4,19,1,20 X12,6,13,5 X10,4,11,3 X20,12,5,11 X2,14,3,13

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

Jones Polynomial: - q-7/2 + 4q-5/2 - 8q-3/2 + 11q-1/2 - 16q1/2 + 16q3/2 - 15q5/2 + 12q7/2 - 8q9/2 + 4q11/2 - q13/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-10 - 2q-8 + 2q-6 + 6 - q2 + 4q4 - q6 + 2q10 - 3q12 + 2q14 - q16 - q18 + q20

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - a-5z - a-5z3 + 3a-3z + 5a-3z3 + 2a-3z5 - a-1z-1 - 3a-1z - 6a-1z3 - 4a-1z5 - a-1z7 + az-1 + az + 2az3 + az5

Kauffman Polynomial: a-7z3 - a-7z5 - 2a-6z2 + 6a-6z4 - 4a-6z6 + 2a-5z - 6a-5z3 + 12a-5z5 - 7a-5z7 - 3a-4z2 + 4a-4z4 + 5a-4z6 - 6a-4z8 + 6a-3z - 23a-3z3 + 31a-3z5 - 12a-3z7 - 2a-3z9 - a-2z2 - 7a-2z4 + 19a-2z6 - 12a-2z8 - a-1z-1 + 6a-1z - 25a-1z3 + 32a-1z5 - 12a-1z7 - 2a-1z9 + 1 - z2 + z4 + 6z6 - 6z8 - az-1 + 2az - 8az3 + 13az5 - 7az7 - a2z2 + 6a2z4 - 4a2z6 + a3z3 - a3z5

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4r = 5r = 6
j = 14          1
j = 12         3 
j = 10        51 
j = 8       73  
j = 6      85   
j = 4     87    
j = 2    88     
j = 0   510      
j = -2  36       
j = -4 15        
j = -6 3         
j = -81          


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, 21]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[10, Alternating, 21]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[14, 7, 15, 8], X[18, 15, 19, 16], X[16, 10, 17, 9], 
 
>   X[8, 18, 9, 17], X[4, 19, 1, 20], X[12, 6, 13, 5], X[10, 4, 11, 3], 
 
>   X[20, 12, 5, 11], X[2, 14, 3, 13]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -10, 8, -6}, {7, -1, 2, -5, 4, -8, 9, -7, 10, -2, 3, -4, 5, -3, 
 
>    6, -9}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
  -(7/2)    4      8       11                       3/2       5/2       7/2
-q       + ---- - ---- + ------- - 16 Sqrt[q] + 16 q    - 15 q    + 12 q    - 
            5/2    3/2   Sqrt[q]
           q      q
 
       9/2      11/2    13/2
>   8 q    + 4 q     - q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
     -10   2    2     2      4    6      10      12      14    16    18    20
6 + q    - -- + -- - q  + 4 q  - q  + 2 q   - 3 q   + 2 q   - q   - q   + q
            8    6
           q    q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[10, Alternating, 21]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
                                     3      3      3               5      5
   1     a   z    3 z   3 z         z    5 z    6 z         3   2 z    4 z
-(---) + - - -- + --- - --- + a z - -- + ---- - ---- + 2 a z  + ---- - ---- + 
  a z    z    5    3     a           5     3     a                3     a
             a    a                 a     a                      a
 
            7
       5   z
>   a z  - --
           a
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[10, Alternating, 21]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                                                2      2    2            3
     1    a   2 z   6 z   6 z            2   2 z    3 z    z     2  2   z
1 - --- - - + --- + --- + --- + 2 a z - z  - ---- - ---- - -- - a  z  + -- - 
    a z   z    5     3     a                   6      4     2            7
              a     a                         a      a     a            a
 
       3       3       3                            4      4      4
    6 z    23 z    25 z         3    3  3    4   6 z    4 z    7 z       2  4
>   ---- - ----- - ----- - 8 a z  + a  z  + z  + ---- + ---- - ---- + 6 a  z  - 
      5      3       a                             6      4      2
     a      a                                     a      a      a
 
     5       5       5       5                               6      6       6
    z    12 z    31 z    32 z          5    3  5      6   4 z    5 z    19 z
>   -- + ----- + ----- + ----- + 13 a z  - a  z  + 6 z  - ---- + ---- + ----- - 
     7     5       3       a                                6      4      2
    a     a       a                                        a      a      a
 
                 7       7       7                      8       8      9      9
       2  6   7 z    12 z    12 z         7      8   6 z    12 z    2 z    2 z
>   4 a  z  - ---- - ----- - ----- - 7 a z  - 6 z  - ---- - ----- - ---- - ----
                5      3       a                       4      2       3     a
               a      a                               a      a       a
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
        2     1       3       1       5       3     5    6        2
10 + 8 q  + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + - + ---- + 8 q  t + 
             8  4    6  3    4  3    4  2    2  2   t    2
            q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t        q  t
 
       4        4  2      6  2      6  3      8  3      8  4      10  4
>   8 q  t + 7 q  t  + 8 q  t  + 5 q  t  + 7 q  t  + 3 q  t  + 5 q   t  + 
 
     10  5      12  5    14  6
>   q   t  + 3 q   t  + q   t


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