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L10a41 as Morse Link
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PD Presentation: X6172 X12,4,13,3 X16,10,17,9 X14,12,15,11 X10,16,11,15 X20,17,5,18 X18,7,19,8 X8,19,9,20 X2536 X4,14,1,13

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

Jones Polynomial: q-11/2 - 2q-9/2 + 4q-7/2 - 7q-5/2 + 8q-3/2 - 10q-1/2 + 8q1/2 - 7q3/2 + 5q5/2 - 3q7/2 + q9/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: - q-18 - q-16 - 2q-12 + q-10 + 3q-8 + q-6 + 4q-4 + q-2 + 2 + q2 - q4 + 2q6 - q8 + q12 - q14

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

Kauffman Polynomial: - 2a-4z2 + 3a-4z4 - a-4z6 + 2a-3z - 8a-3z3 + 10a-3z5 - 3a-3z7 - a-2z2 - 3a-2z4 + 8a-2z6 - 3a-2z8 + 2a-1z - 12a-1z3 + 15a-1z5 - 3a-1z7 - a-1z9 + 2z2 - 8z4 + 12z6 - 5z8 + 2az-1 - 5az + 5az5 - 2az7 - az9 - 3a2 + 4a2z2 - 2a2z4 + a2z6 - 2a2z8 + 3a3z-1 - 7a3z + 7a3z3 - 2a3z5 - 2a3z7 - 3a4 + 5a4z2 - a4z4 - 2a4z6 + a5z-1 - 2a5z + 3a5z3 - 2a5z5 - a6 + 2a6z2 - a6z4

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4r = 5
j = 10          1
j = 8         2 
j = 6        31 
j = 4       42  
j = 2      43   
j = 0     64    
j = -2    46     
j = -4   34      
j = -6  14       
j = -8 13        
j = -10 1         
j = -121          


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, 41]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[10, Alternating, 41]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[12, 4, 13, 3], X[16, 10, 17, 9], X[14, 12, 15, 11], 
 
>   X[10, 16, 11, 15], X[20, 17, 5, 18], X[18, 7, 19, 8], X[8, 19, 9, 20], 
 
>   X[2, 5, 3, 6], X[4, 14, 1, 13]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -9, 2, -10}, {9, -1, 7, -8, 3, -5, 4, -2, 10, -4, 5, -3, 6, -7, 
 
>    8, -6}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
 -(11/2)    2      4      7      8       10                     3/2      5/2
q        - ---- + ---- - ---- + ---- - ------- + 8 Sqrt[q] - 7 q    + 5 q    - 
            9/2    7/2    5/2    3/2   Sqrt[q]
           q      q      q      q
 
       7/2    9/2
>   3 q    + q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
     -18    -16    2     -10   3     -6   4     -2    2    4      6    8
2 - q    - q    - --- + q    + -- + q   + -- + q   + q  - q  + 2 q  - q  + 
                   12           8          4
                  q            q          q
 
     12    14
>   q   - q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[10, Alternating, 41]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
          3    5                                     3      3
-2 a   3 a    a    z    z              3      5     z    2 z         3
---- + ---- - -- + -- - - - 3 a z + 4 a  z - a  z + -- - ---- - 2 a z  + 
 z      z     z     3   a                            3    a
                   a                                a
 
               5
       3  3   z       5
>   2 a  z  - -- - a z
              a
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[10, Alternating, 41]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                             3    5
    2      4    6   2 a   3 a    a    2 z   2 z              3        5
-3 a  - 3 a  - a  + --- + ---- + -- + --- + --- - 5 a z - 7 a  z - 2 a  z + 
                     z     z     z     3     a
                                      a
 
              2    2                                    3       3
       2   2 z    z       2  2      4  2      6  2   8 z    12 z       3  3
>   2 z  - ---- - -- + 4 a  z  + 5 a  z  + 2 a  z  - ---- - ----- + 7 a  z  + 
             4     2                                   3      a
            a     a                                   a
 
                        4      4                                 5       5
       5  3      4   3 z    3 z       2  4    4  4    6  4   10 z    15 z
>   3 a  z  - 8 z  + ---- - ---- - 2 a  z  - a  z  - a  z  + ----- + ----- + 
                       4      2                                3       a
                      a      a                                a
 
                                          6      6                        7
         5      3  5      5  5       6   z    8 z     2  6      4  6   3 z
>   5 a z  - 2 a  z  - 2 a  z  + 12 z  - -- + ---- + a  z  - 2 a  z  - ---- - 
                                          4     2                        3
                                         a     a                        a
 
       7                                8              9
    3 z         7      3  7      8   3 z       2  8   z       9
>   ---- - 2 a z  - 2 a  z  - 5 z  - ---- - 2 a  z  - -- - a z
     a                                 2              a
                                      a
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
    6      1        1        1       3       1       4       3      4
6 + -- + ------ + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ---- + 
     2    12  5    10  4    8  4    8  3    6  3    6  2    4  2    4
    q    q   t    q   t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t
 
     4              2        2  2      4  2      4  3      6  3    6  4
>   ---- + 4 t + 4 q  t + 3 q  t  + 4 q  t  + 2 q  t  + 3 q  t  + q  t  + 
     2
    q  t
 
       8  4    10  5
>   2 q  t  + q   t


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