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

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

Jones Polynomial: - q-5/2 + 2q-3/2 - 7q-1/2 + 10q1/2 - 15q3/2 + 17q5/2 - 17q7/2 + 16q9/2 - 12q11/2 + 7q13/2 - 3q15/2 + q17/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-8 + q-6 + q-4 + 5q-2 + 1 + 4q2 + 3q4 - 2q6 + 3q8 - 5q10 - 2q14 - 2q16 + 3q18 - 2q20 + q22 - q26

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: 2a-7z + a-7z3 + a-5z-1 - 2a-5z - 5a-5z3 - 2a-5z5 - a-3z-1 + 2a-3z3 + 3a-3z5 + a-3z7 - 2a-1z-1 - 5a-1z - 6a-1z3 - 2a-1z5 + 2az-1 + 3az + az3

Kauffman Polynomial: a-10z2 - a-10z4 + 2a-9z3 - 3a-9z5 + a-8 - 4a-8z2 + 6a-8z4 - 6a-8z6 + 3a-7z - 12a-7z3 + 14a-7z5 - 9a-7z7 - 7a-6z4 + 14a-6z6 - 9a-6z8 + a-5z-1 + 3a-5z - 22a-5z3 + 25a-5z5 - 2a-5z7 - 5a-5z9 - 3a-4 + 23a-4z2 - 49a-4z4 + 49a-4z6 - 15a-4z8 - a-4z10 + a-3z-1 - 4a-3z - a-3z3 - a-3z5 + 16a-3z7 - 8a-3z9 + 14a-2z2 - 38a-2z4 + 35a-2z6 - 8a-2z8 - a-2z10 - 2a-1z-1 + 3a-1z - 2a-1z3 - 4a-1z5 + 8a-1z7 - 3a-1z9 + 3 - 4z2 - 3z4 + 6z6 - 2z8 - 2az-1 + 7az - 9az3 + 5az5 - az7

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4r = 5r = 6r = 7
j = 18           1
j = 16          2 
j = 14         51 
j = 12        72  
j = 10       95   
j = 8      87    
j = 6     99     
j = 4    68      
j = 2   510       
j = 0  25        
j = -2  5         
j = -412          
j = -61           


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, 25]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[11, Alternating, 25]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[10, 3, 11, 4], X[14, 8, 15, 7], X[20, 16, 21, 15], 
 
>   X[18, 12, 19, 11], X[12, 20, 13, 19], X[22, 18, 5, 17], X[16, 22, 17, 21], 
 
>   X[8, 14, 9, 13], X[2, 5, 3, 6], X[4, 9, 1, 10]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -10, 2, -11}, {10, -1, 3, -9, 11, -2, 5, -6, 9, -3, 4, -8, 7, -5, 
 
>    6, -4, 8, -7}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
  -(5/2)    2        7                       3/2       5/2       7/2
-q       + ---- - ------- + 10 Sqrt[q] - 15 q    + 17 q    - 17 q    + 
            3/2   Sqrt[q]
           q
 
        9/2       11/2      13/2      15/2    17/2
>   16 q    - 12 q     + 7 q     - 3 q     + q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
     -8    -6    -4   5       2      4      6      8      10      14      16
1 + q   + q   + q   + -- + 4 q  + 3 q  - 2 q  + 3 q  - 5 q   - 2 q   - 2 q   + 
                       2
                      q
 
       18      20    22    26
>   3 q   - 2 q   + q   - q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[11, Alternating, 25]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
                                                     3      3      3      3
 1      1      2    2 a   2 z   2 z   5 z           z    5 z    2 z    6 z
---- - ---- - --- + --- + --- - --- - --- + 3 a z + -- - ---- + ---- - ---- + 
 5      3     a z    z     7     5     a             7     5      3     a
a  z   a  z               a     a                   a     a      a
 
              5      5      5    7
       3   2 z    3 z    2 z    z
>   a z  - ---- + ---- - ---- + --
             5      3     a      3
            a      a            a
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[11, Alternating, 25]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
     -8   3     1      1      2    2 a   3 z   3 z   4 z   3 z              2
3 + a   - -- + ---- + ---- - --- - --- + --- + --- - --- + --- + 7 a z - 4 z  + 
           4    5      3     a z    z     7     5     3     a
          a    a  z   a  z               a     a     a
 
     2       2       2       2      3       3       3    3      3
    z     4 z    23 z    14 z    2 z    12 z    22 z    z    2 z         3
>   --- - ---- + ----- + ----- + ---- - ----- - ----- - -- - ---- - 9 a z  - 
     10     8      4       2       9      7       5      3    a
    a      a      a       a       a      a       a      a
 
            4       4      4       4       4      5       5       5    5
       4   z     6 z    7 z    49 z    38 z    3 z    14 z    25 z    z
>   3 z  - --- + ---- - ---- - ----- - ----- - ---- + ----- + ----- - -- - 
            10     8      6      4       2       9      7       5      3
           a      a      a      a       a       a      a       a      a
 
       5                      6       6       6       6      7      7       7
    4 z         5      6   6 z    14 z    49 z    35 z    9 z    2 z    16 z
>   ---- + 5 a z  + 6 z  - ---- + ----- + ----- + ----- - ---- - ---- + ----- + 
     a                       8      6       4       2       7      5      3
                            a      a       a       a       a      a      a
 
       7                    8       8      8      9      9      9    10    10
    8 z       7      8   9 z    15 z    8 z    5 z    8 z    3 z    z     z
>   ---- - a z  - 2 z  - ---- - ----- - ---- - ---- - ---- - ---- - --- - ---
     a                     6      4       2      5      3     a      4     2
                          a      a       a      a      a            a     a
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
                                                           2
    2      4     1       1       2     2      5     5   5 q       4
10 q  + 6 q  + ----- + ----- + ----- + -- + ----- + - + ---- + 8 q  t + 
                6  4    4  4    4  3    2    2  2   t    t
               q  t    q  t    q  t    t    q  t
 
       6        6  2      8  2      8  3      10  3      10  4      12  4
>   9 q  t + 9 q  t  + 8 q  t  + 7 q  t  + 9 q   t  + 5 q   t  + 7 q   t  + 
 
       12  5      14  5    14  6      16  6    18  7
>   2 q   t  + 5 q   t  + q   t  + 2 q   t  + q   t


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