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

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

Jones Polynomial: q-11/2 - 3q-9/2 + 5q-7/2 - 9q-5/2 + 11q-3/2 - 12q-1/2 + 11q1/2 - 9q3/2 + 6q5/2 - 4q7/2 + q9/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: - q-18 + 2q-14 - q-12 + 2q-10 + 3q-8 - q-6 + 2q-4 - 2q-2 - q4 + 4q6 + q10 + 2q12 - q14

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

Kauffman Polynomial: 2a-4z4 - a-4z6 + a-3z-1 - a-3z - 7a-3z3 + 12a-3z5 - 4a-3z7 + 2a-2z2 - 11a-2z4 + 15a-2z6 - 5a-2z8 + 2a-1z-1 - 4a-1z - 11a-1z3 + 17a-1z5 - 2a-1z7 - 2a-1z9 + 1 + 4z2 - 19z4 + 24z6 - 9z8 + 2az-1 - 6az - az3 + 8az5 - 2az7 - 2az9 + a2z2 - 2a2z4 + 4a2z6 - 4a2z8 + a3z-1 - 5a3z + 7a3z3 - 4a3z7 + 3a4z4 - 4a4z6 - 2a5z + 4a5z3 - 3a5z5 + a6z2 - a6z4

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4r = 5
j = 10          1
j = 8         3 
j = 6        31 
j = 4       63  
j = 2      53   
j = 0     76    
j = -2    67     
j = -4   35      
j = -6  26       
j = -8 13        
j = -10 2         
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, 7]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[10, Alternating, 7]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[18, 7, 19, 8], X[4, 19, 1, 20], X[14, 12, 15, 11], 
 
>   X[8, 4, 9, 3], X[12, 5, 13, 6], X[20, 13, 5, 14], X[16, 10, 17, 9], 
 
>   X[10, 16, 11, 15], X[2, 18, 3, 17]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -10, 5, -3}, {6, -1, 2, -5, 8, -9, 4, -6, 7, -4, 9, -8, 10, -2, 
 
>    3, -7}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
 -(11/2)    3      5      9      11      12                      3/2      5/2
q        - ---- + ---- - ---- + ---- - ------- + 11 Sqrt[q] - 9 q    + 6 q    - 
            9/2    7/2    5/2    3/2   Sqrt[q]
           q      q      q      q
 
       7/2    9/2
>   4 q    + q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
  -18    2     -12    2    3     -6   2    2     4      6    10      12    14
-q    + --- - q    + --- + -- - q   + -- - -- - q  + 4 q  + q   + 2 q   - q
         14           10    8          4    2
        q            q     q          q    q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[10, Alternating, 7]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
                       3                                3    3
   1       2    2 a   a    z              3      5     z    z       3
-(----) + --- - --- + -- + - - 2 a z + 2 a  z - a  z + -- - -- - a z  + 
   3      a z    z    z    a                            3   a
  a  z                                                 a
 
               5
       3  3   z       5
>   2 a  z  - -- - a z
              a
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[10, Alternating, 7]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                        3                                                  2
     1      2    2 a   a    z    4 z              3        5        2   2 z
1 + ---- + --- + --- + -- - -- - --- - 6 a z - 5 a  z - 2 a  z + 4 z  + ---- + 
     3     a z    z    z     3    a                                       2
    a  z                    a                                            a
 
                       3       3                                         4
     2  2    6  2   7 z    11 z       3      3  3      5  3       4   2 z
>   a  z  + a  z  - ---- - ----- - a z  + 7 a  z  + 4 a  z  - 19 z  + ---- - 
                      3      a                                          4
                     a                                                 a
 
        4                                   5       5
    11 z       2  4      4  4    6  4   12 z    17 z         5      5  5
>   ----- - 2 a  z  + 3 a  z  - a  z  + ----- + ----- + 8 a z  - 3 a  z  + 
      2                                   3       a
     a                                   a
 
             6       6                          7      7
        6   z    15 z       2  6      4  6   4 z    2 z         7      3  7
>   24 z  - -- + ----- + 4 a  z  - 4 a  z  - ---- - ---- - 2 a z  - 4 a  z  - 
             4     2                           3     a
            a     a                           a
 
              8                9
       8   5 z       2  8   2 z         9
>   9 z  - ---- - 4 a  z  - ---- - 2 a z
             2               a
            a
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
    7      1        2        1       3       2       6       3      5
7 + -- + ------ + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ---- + 
     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
 
     6              2        2  2      4  2      4  3      6  3    6  4
>   ---- + 6 t + 5 q  t + 3 q  t  + 6 q  t  + 3 q  t  + 3 q  t  + q  t  + 
     2
    q  t
 
       8  4    10  5
>   3 q  t  + q   t


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