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L11a14 as Morse Link
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PD Presentation: X6172 X12,7,13,8 X4,13,1,14 X18,10,19,9 X8493 X14,6,15,5 X20,16,21,15 X22,18,5,17 X16,22,17,21 X10,20,11,19 X2,12,3,11

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

Jones Polynomial: q-3/2 - 3q-1/2 + 6q1/2 - 13q3/2 + 17q5/2 - 22q7/2 + 22q9/2 - 20q11/2 + 16q13/2 - 10q15/2 + 5q17/2 - q19/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: - q-4 + q-2 - 1 + 5q4 - q6 + 7q8 + 2q10 + q12 + 4q14 - 4q16 + 3q18 - 4q20 - 2q22 + q24 - 3q26 + q28

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: 2a-7z-1 + 2a-7z - a-7z3 - a-7z5 - 5a-5z-1 - 9a-5z - 3a-5z3 + 2a-5z5 + a-5z7 + 3a-3z-1 + 9a-3z + 8a-3z3 + 4a-3z5 + a-3z7 - 2a-1z - 3a-1z3 - a-1z5

Kauffman Polynomial: - a-11z5 - a-10 + 5a-10z4 - 5a-10z6 - 3a-9z3 + 14a-9z5 - 10a-9z7 - a-8z4 + 14a-8z6 - 11a-8z8 - 2a-7z-1 + 3a-7z - 6a-7z3 + 12a-7z5 + a-7z7 - 7a-7z9 + 5a-6 - 6a-6z2 - 12a-6z4 + 28a-6z6 - 13a-6z8 - 2a-6z10 - 5a-5z-1 + 13a-5z - 14a-5z3 - 2a-5z5 + 17a-5z7 - 11a-5z9 + 5a-4 - 7a-4z2 - 9a-4z4 + 17a-4z6 - 6a-4z8 - 2a-4z10 - 3a-3z-1 + 14a-3z - 20a-3z3 + 10a-3z5 + 3a-3z7 - 4a-3z9 - 3a-2z2 + 7a-2z6 - 4a-2z8 + 4a-1z - 9a-1z3 + 9a-1z5 - 3a-1z7 - 2z2 + 3z4 - z6

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4r = 5r = 6r = 7r = 8
j = 20           1
j = 18          4 
j = 16         61 
j = 14        104  
j = 12       106   
j = 10      1210    
j = 8     1010     
j = 6    712      
j = 4   610       
j = 2  29        
j = 0 14         
j = -2 2          
j = -41           


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


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