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

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

Jones Polynomial: - q-13/2 + 3q-11/2 - 7q-9/2 + 13q-7/2 - 18q-5/2 + 20q-3/2 - 21q-1/2 + 18q1/2 - 14q3/2 + 8q5/2 - 4q7/2 + q9/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-20 + 3q-14 - 4q-12 + q-10 + q-8 - 3q-6 + 4q-4 - 3q-2 + 4 + q2 + 5q6 - 2q8 + q10 + q12 - q14

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: a-3z + a-3z3 - 2a-1z-1 - 5a-1z - 5a-1z3 - 2a-1z5 + 4az-1 + 10az + 9az3 + 4az5 + az7 - 3a3z-1 - 8a3z - 6a3z3 - 2a3z5 + a5z-1 + 2a5z + a5z3

Kauffman Polynomial: - a-4z2 + 2a-4z4 - a-4z6 + 2a-3z - 8a-3z3 + 10a-3z5 - 4a-3z7 - 5a-2z4 + 12a-2z6 - 6a-2z8 - 2a-1z-1 + 11a-1z - 28a-1z3 + 29a-1z5 - 4a-1z7 - 4a-1z9 + 2 + 3z2 - 23z4 + 37z6 - 15z8 - z10 - 4az-1 + 21az - 43az3 + 36az5 - az7 - 8az9 + 3a2 - 2a2z2 - 19a2z4 + 32a2z6 - 15a2z8 - a2z10 - 3a3z-1 + 15a3z - 28a3z3 + 24a3z5 - 6a3z7 - 4a3z9 + 3a4 - 7a4z2 + 2a4z4 + 5a4z6 - 6a4z8 - a5z-1 + 2a5z - 3a5z3 + 6a5z5 - 5a5z7 + a6 - 3a6z2 + 5a6z4 - 3a6z6 - a7z + 2a7z3 - a7z5

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -6r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4r = 5
j = 10           1
j = 8          3 
j = 6         51 
j = 4        93  
j = 2       95   
j = 0      129    
j = -2     1011     
j = -4    810      
j = -6   510       
j = -8  28        
j = -10 15         
j = -12 2          
j = -141           


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, 38]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[11, Alternating, 38]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[10, 4, 11, 3], X[12, 10, 13, 9], X[18, 13, 19, 14], 
 
>   X[16, 7, 17, 8], X[8, 17, 9, 18], X[22, 19, 5, 20], X[20, 16, 21, 15], 
 
>   X[14, 22, 15, 21], X[2, 5, 3, 6], X[4, 12, 1, 11]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -10, 2, -11}, {10, -1, 5, -6, 3, -2, 11, -3, 4, -9, 8, -5, 6, -4, 
 
>    7, -8, 9, -7}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
  -(13/2)     3      7      13     18     20      21
-q        + ----- - ---- + ---- - ---- + ---- - ------- + 18 Sqrt[q] - 
             11/2    9/2    7/2    5/2    3/2   Sqrt[q]
            q       q      q      q      q
 
        3/2      5/2      7/2    9/2
>   14 q    + 8 q    - 4 q    + q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
     -20    3     4     -10    -8   3    4    3     2      6      8    10
4 + q    + --- - --- + q    + q   - -- + -- - -- + q  + 5 q  - 2 q  + q   + 
            14    12                 6    4    2
           q     q                  q    q    q
 
     12    14
>   q   - q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[11, Alternating, 38]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
               3    5                                          3      3
-2    4 a   3 a    a    z    5 z               3        5     z    5 z
--- + --- - ---- + -- + -- - --- + 10 a z - 8 a  z + 2 a  z + -- - ---- + 
a z    z     z     z     3    a                                3    a
                        a                                     a
 
                                  5
         3      3  3    5  3   2 z         5      3  5      7
>   9 a z  - 6 a  z  + a  z  - ---- + 4 a z  - 2 a  z  + a z
                                a
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[11, Alternating, 38]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                                      3    5
       2      4    6    2    4 a   3 a    a    2 z   11 z                3
2 + 3 a  + 3 a  + a  - --- - --- - ---- - -- + --- + ---- + 21 a z + 15 a  z + 
                       a z    z     z     z     3     a
                                               a
 
                            2                                    3       3
       5      7        2   z       2  2      4  2      6  2   8 z    28 z
>   2 a  z - a  z + 3 z  - -- - 2 a  z  - 7 a  z  - 3 a  z  - ---- - ----- - 
                            4                                   3      a
                           a                                   a
 
                                                        4      4
          3       3  3      5  3      7  3       4   2 z    5 z        2  4
>   43 a z  - 28 a  z  - 3 a  z  + 2 a  z  - 23 z  + ---- - ---- - 19 a  z  + 
                                                       4      2
                                                      a      a
 
                            5       5
       4  4      6  4   10 z    29 z          5       3  5      5  5    7  5
>   2 a  z  + 5 a  z  + ----- + ----- + 36 a z  + 24 a  z  + 6 a  z  - a  z  + 
                          3       a
                         a
 
             6       6                                     7      7
        6   z    12 z        2  6      4  6      6  6   4 z    4 z       7
>   37 z  - -- + ----- + 32 a  z  + 5 a  z  - 3 a  z  - ---- - ---- - a z  - 
             4     2                                      3     a
            a     a                                      a
 
                                   8                           9
       3  7      5  7       8   6 z        2  8      4  8   4 z         9
>   6 a  z  - 5 a  z  - 15 z  - ---- - 15 a  z  - 6 a  z  - ---- - 8 a z  - 
                                  2                          a
                                 a
 
       3  9    10    2  10
>   4 a  z  - z   - a  z
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
     11     1        2        1        5        2       8       5      10
12 + -- + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + 
      2    14  6    12  5    10  5    10  4    8  4    8  3    6  3    6  2
     q    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t
 
      8      10     10             2        2  2      4  2      4  3
>   ----- + ---- + ---- + 9 t + 9 q  t + 5 q  t  + 9 q  t  + 3 q  t  + 
     4  2    4      2
    q  t    q  t   q  t
 
       6  3    6  4      8  4    10  5
>   5 q  t  + q  t  + 3 q  t  + q   t


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