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PD Presentation: X6172 X14,7,15,8 X4,15,1,16 X10,6,11,5 X8493 X20,12,21,11 X22,17,5,18 X18,21,19,22 X12,20,13,19 X16,10,17,9 X2,14,3,13

Gauss Code: {{1, -11, 5, -3}, {4, -1, 2, -5, 10, -4, 6, -9, 11, -2, 3, -10, 7, -8, 9, -6, 8, -7}}

Jones Polynomial: q-9/2 - 5q-7/2 + 10q-5/2 - 16q-3/2 + 21q-1/2 - 25q1/2 + 24q3/2 - 21q5/2 + 15q7/2 - 9q9/2 + 4q11/2 - q13/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: - q-14 + 2q-12 + 2q-10 - 2q-8 + 5q-6 - 2q-4 - q-2 + 3 - 4q2 + 5q4 - 2q6 + 3q8 + 3q10 - 4q12 + 3q14 - q16 - q18 + q20

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - a-5z - a-5z3 - a-3z-1 + 2a-3z + 4a-3z3 + 2a-3z5 + 2a-1z-1 - 4a-1z3 - 3a-1z5 - a-1z7 - 2az-1 - az + 3az3 + 2az5 + a3z-1 - a3z3

Kauffman Polynomial: a-7z3 - a-7z5 - 2a-6z2 + 5a-6z4 - 4a-6z6 + 2a-5z - 8a-5z3 + 12a-5z5 - 8a-5z7 - a-4z2 - a-4z4 + 9a-4z6 - 9a-4z8 + a-3z-1 + 3a-3z - 18a-3z3 + 25a-3z5 - 6a-3z7 - 6a-3z9 + 2a-2z2 - 19a-2z4 + 36a-2z6 - 17a-2z8 - 2a-2z10 + 2a-1z-1 - 2a-1z - 14a-1z3 + 16a-1z5 + 12a-1z7 - 13a-1z9 + 1 + z2 - 25z4 + 44z6 - 17z8 - 2z10 + 2az-1 - 4az - 9az3 + 14az5 + 5az7 - 7az9 - 11a2z4 + 20a2z6 - 9a2z8 + a3z-1 - a3z - 4a3z3 + 10a3z5 - 5a3z7 + a4z4 - a4z6

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4r = 5r = 6
j = 14           1
j = 12          3 
j = 10         61 
j = 8        93  
j = 6       126   
j = 4      129    
j = 2     1312     
j = 0    1014      
j = -2   611       
j = -4  410        
j = -6 16         
j = -8 4          
j = -101           


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[11, Alternating, 1]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[11, Alternating, 1]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[14, 7, 15, 8], X[4, 15, 1, 16], X[10, 6, 11, 5], 
 
>   X[8, 4, 9, 3], X[20, 12, 21, 11], X[22, 17, 5, 18], X[18, 21, 19, 22], 
 
>   X[12, 20, 13, 19], X[16, 10, 17, 9], X[2, 14, 3, 13]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -11, 5, -3}, {4, -1, 2, -5, 10, -4, 6, -9, 11, -2, 3, -10, 7, -8, 
 
>    9, -6, 8, -7}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
 -(9/2)    5      10     16      21                       3/2       5/2
q       - ---- + ---- - ---- + ------- - 25 Sqrt[q] + 24 q    - 21 q    + 
           7/2    5/2    3/2   Sqrt[q]
          q      q      q
 
        7/2      9/2      11/2    13/2
>   15 q    - 9 q    + 4 q     - q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
     -14    2     2    2    5    2     -2      2      4      6      8      10
3 - q    + --- + --- - -- + -- - -- - q   - 4 q  + 5 q  - 2 q  + 3 q  + 3 q   - 
            12    10    8    6    4
           q     q     q    q    q
 
       12      14    16    18    20
>   4 q   + 3 q   - q   - q   + q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[11, Alternating, 1]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
                       3                     3      3      3
   1       2    2 a   a    z    2 z         z    4 z    4 z         3    3  3
-(----) + --- - --- + -- - -- + --- - a z - -- + ---- - ---- + 3 a z  - a  z  + 
   3      a z    z    z     5    3           5     3     a
  a  z                     a    a           a     a
 
       5      5             7
    2 z    3 z         5   z
>   ---- - ---- + 2 a z  - --
      3     a              a
     a
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[11, Alternating, 1]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                        3                                            2    2
     1      2    2 a   a    2 z   3 z   2 z            3      2   2 z    z
1 + ---- + --- + --- + -- + --- + --- - --- - 4 a z - a  z + z  - ---- - -- + 
     3     a z    z    z     5     3     a                          6     4
    a  z                    a     a                                a     a
 
       2    3      3       3       3                                 4    4
    2 z    z    8 z    18 z    14 z         3      3  3       4   5 z    z
>   ---- + -- - ---- - ----- - ----- - 9 a z  - 4 a  z  - 25 z  + ---- - -- - 
      2     7     5      3       a                                  6     4
     a     a     a      a                                          a     a
 
        4                       5       5       5       5
    19 z        2  4    4  4   z    12 z    25 z    16 z          5
>   ----- - 11 a  z  + a  z  - -- + ----- + ----- + ----- + 14 a z  + 
      2                         7     5       3       a
     a                         a     a       a
 
                          6      6       6                         7      7
        3  5       6   4 z    9 z    36 z        2  6    4  6   8 z    6 z
>   10 a  z  + 44 z  - ---- + ---- + ----- + 20 a  z  - a  z  - ---- - ---- + 
                         6      4      2                          5      3
                        a      a      a                          a      a
 
        7                                 8       8                9       9
    12 z         7      3  7       8   9 z    17 z       2  8   6 z    13 z
>   ----- + 5 a z  - 5 a  z  - 17 z  - ---- - ----- - 9 a  z  - ---- - ----- - 
      a                                  4      2                 3      a
                                        a      a                 a
 
                        10
         9      10   2 z
>   7 a z  - 2 z   - -----
                       2
                      a
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
         2     1        4       1       6       4      10       6     10
14 + 13 q  + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + -- + 
              10  5    8  4    6  4    6  3    4  3    4  2    2  2   t
             q   t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t
 
     11        2         4        4  2       6  2      6  3      8  3
>   ---- + 12 q  t + 12 q  t + 9 q  t  + 12 q  t  + 6 q  t  + 9 q  t  + 
     2
    q  t
 
       8  4      10  4    10  5      12  5    14  6
>   3 q  t  + 6 q   t  + q   t  + 3 q   t  + q   t


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