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PD Presentation: X6172 X14,3,15,4 X16,12,17,11 X12,16,13,15 X22,17,5,18 X18,7,19,8 X20,9,21,10 X8,19,9,20 X10,21,11,22 X2536 X4,13,1,14

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

Jones Polynomial: q-23/2 - 2q-21/2 + 5q-19/2 - 8q-17/2 + 10q-15/2 - 12q-13/2 + 11q-11/2 - 11q-9/2 + 7q-7/2 - 5q-5/2 + 3q-3/2 - q-1/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: - q-36 - 2q-34 - q-32 - 2q-30 - q-28 + 2q-26 + q-24 + 5q-22 + 2q-20 + 2q-18 + 3q-16 - q-14 + 3q-12 - q-10 - q-4 + q-2

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - a3z - 3a3z3 - a3z5 + a5z + 4a5z3 + 4a5z5 + a5z7 - 3a7z-1 - 10a7z - 11a7z3 - 3a7z5 + 5a9z-1 + 9a9z + 3a9z3 - 2a11z-1 - a11z

Kauffman Polynomial: a3z - 4a3z3 + 4a3z5 - a3z7 + 3a4z2 - 15a4z4 + 13a4z6 - 3a4z8 + 2a5z3 - 10a5z5 + 11a5z7 - 3a5z9 + 5a6z2 - 17a6z4 + 16a6z6 - 2a6z8 - a6z10 - 3a7z-1 + 9a7z - 4a7z3 - 8a7z5 + 14a7z7 - 5a7z9 + 5a8 - 9a8z2 + 4a8z4 + 6a8z6 - 2a8z8 - a8z10 - 5a9z-1 + 15a9z - 20a9z3 + 14a9z5 - 2a9z7 - 2a9z9 + 5a10 - 13a10z2 + 9a10z4 - 3a10z8 - 2a11z-1 + 5a11z - 8a11z3 + 6a11z5 - 4a11z7 + 2a12z4 - 3a12z6 + 2a13z3 - 2a13z5 - a14 + 2a14z2 - a14z4

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -9r = -8r = -7r = -6r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2
j = 0           1
j = -2          2 
j = -4         31 
j = -6        53  
j = -8       62   
j = -10      55    
j = -12     76     
j = -14    46      
j = -16   46       
j = -18  14        
j = -20 14         
j = -22 1          
j = -241           


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, 123]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[11, Alternating, 123]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[14, 3, 15, 4], X[16, 12, 17, 11], X[12, 16, 13, 15], 
 
>   X[22, 17, 5, 18], X[18, 7, 19, 8], X[20, 9, 21, 10], X[8, 19, 9, 20], 
 
>   X[10, 21, 11, 22], X[2, 5, 3, 6], X[4, 13, 1, 14]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -10, 2, -11}, {10, -1, 6, -8, 7, -9, 3, -4, 11, -2, 4, -3, 5, -6, 
 
>    8, -7, 9, -5}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
 -(23/2)     2       5       8      10      12      11      11     7      5
q        - ----- + ----- - ----- + ----- - ----- + ----- - ---- + ---- - ---- + 
            21/2    19/2    17/2    15/2    13/2    11/2    9/2    7/2    5/2
           q       q       q       q       q       q       q      q      q
 
     3        1
>   ---- - -------
     3/2   Sqrt[q]
    q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
  -36    2     -32    2     -28    2     -24    5     2     2     3     -14
-q    - --- - q    - --- - q    + --- + q    + --- + --- + --- + --- - q    + 
         34           30           26           22    20    18    16
        q            q            q            q     q     q     q
 
     3     -10    -4    -2
>   --- - q    - q   + q
     12
    q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[11, Alternating, 123]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
    7      9      11
-3 a    5 a    2 a      3      5         7        9      11        3  3
----- + ---- - ----- - a  z + a  z - 10 a  z + 9 a  z - a   z - 3 a  z  + 
  z      z       z
 
       5  3       7  3      9  3    3  5      5  5      7  5    5  7
>   4 a  z  - 11 a  z  + 3 a  z  - a  z  + 4 a  z  - 3 a  z  + a  z
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[11, Alternating, 123]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                        7      9      11
   8      10    14   3 a    5 a    2 a      3        7         9        11
5 a  + 5 a   - a   - ---- - ---- - ----- + a  z + 9 a  z + 15 a  z + 5 a   z + 
                      z      z       z
 
       4  2      6  2      8  2       10  2      14  2      3  3      5  3
>   3 a  z  + 5 a  z  - 9 a  z  - 13 a   z  + 2 a   z  - 4 a  z  + 2 a  z  - 
 
       7  3       9  3      11  3      13  3       4  4       6  4      8  4
>   4 a  z  - 20 a  z  - 8 a   z  + 2 a   z  - 15 a  z  - 17 a  z  + 4 a  z  + 
 
       10  4      12  4    14  4      3  5       5  5      7  5       9  5
>   9 a   z  + 2 a   z  - a   z  + 4 a  z  - 10 a  z  - 8 a  z  + 14 a  z  + 
 
       11  5      13  5       4  6       6  6      8  6      12  6    3  7
>   6 a   z  - 2 a   z  + 13 a  z  + 16 a  z  + 6 a  z  - 3 a   z  - a  z  + 
 
        5  7       7  7      9  7      11  7      4  8      6  8      8  8
>   11 a  z  + 14 a  z  - 2 a  z  - 4 a   z  - 3 a  z  - 2 a  z  - 2 a  z  - 
 
       10  8      5  9      7  9      9  9    6  10    8  10
>   3 a   z  - 3 a  z  - 5 a  z  - 2 a  z  - a  z   - a  z
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
3    3      1        1        1        4        1        4        4
-- + -- + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + 
 6    4    24  9    22  8    20  8    20  7    18  7    18  6    16  6
q    q    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t
 
      6        4        6        7        6        5        5        6
>   ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ----- + 
     16  5    14  5    14  4    12  4    12  3    10  3    10  2    8  2
    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q  t
 
     2      5     t    2 t    2
>   ---- + ---- + -- + --- + t
     8      6      4    2
    q  t   q  t   q    q


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