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

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

Jones Polynomial: q-21/2 - 2q-19/2 + 5q-17/2 - 9q-15/2 + 12q-13/2 - 15q-11/2 + 14q-9/2 - 14q-7/2 + 10q-5/2 - 6q-3/2 + 3q-1/2 - q1/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: - q-34 - 2q-32 - q-28 - 2q-26 + 4q-24 + q-22 + q-20 + 4q-18 + 4q-14 + q-10 + 2q-8 - 4q-6 + 2q-4 - 1 + q2

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - az - az3 + a3z + a3z3 + a3z5 - a5z-1 - 3a5z - a5z3 + a5z5 - 2a7z - 3a7z3 + 2a9z-1 + 3a9z - a11z-1

Kauffman Polynomial: - az + 2az3 - az5 - 3a2z2 + 6a2z4 - 3a2z6 + 5a3z5 - 4a3z7 - 3a4z2 + 3a4z4 + 3a4z6 - 4a4z8 + a5z-1 - 2a5z + 3a5z3 - 2a5z5 + 2a5z7 - 3a5z9 - a6 + 2a6z2 - 5a6z4 + 7a6z6 - 4a6z8 - a6z10 + 4a7z3 - 9a7z5 + 9a7z7 - 5a7z9 + 3a8 - 6a8z2 + 4a8z4 + 3a8z6 - 2a8z8 - a8z10 - 2a9z-1 + 5a9z - 6a9z3 + 5a9z5 + a9z7 - 2a9z9 + 5a10 - 13a10z2 + 10a10z4 + a10z6 - 2a10z8 - a11z-1 + 2a11z - 5a11z3 + 6a11z5 - 2a11z7 + 2a12 - 5a12z2 + 4a12z4 - a12z6

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -9r = -8r = -7r = -6r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2
j = 2           1
j = 0          2 
j = -2         41 
j = -4        73  
j = -6       73   
j = -8      77    
j = -10     87     
j = -12    58      
j = -14   47       
j = -16  15        
j = -18 14         
j = -20 1          
j = -221           


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, 86]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[11, Alternating, 86]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[12, 3, 13, 4], X[14, 10, 15, 9], X[10, 14, 11, 13], 
 
>   X[20, 17, 21, 18], X[18, 7, 19, 8], X[8, 19, 9, 20], X[22, 15, 5, 16], 
 
>   X[16, 21, 17, 22], X[2, 5, 3, 6], X[4, 11, 1, 12]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -10, 2, -11}, {10, -1, 6, -7, 3, -4, 11, -2, 4, -3, 8, -9, 5, -6, 
 
>    7, -5, 9, -8}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
 -(21/2)     2       5       9      12      15      14     14     10     6
q        - ----- + ----- - ----- + ----- - ----- + ---- - ---- + ---- - ---- + 
            19/2    17/2    15/2    13/2    11/2    9/2    7/2    5/2    3/2
           q       q       q       q       q       q      q      q      q
 
       3
>   ------- - Sqrt[q]
    Sqrt[q]
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
      -34    2     -28    2     4     -22    -20    4     4     -10   2    4
-1 - q    - --- - q    - --- + --- + q    + q    + --- + --- + q    + -- - -- + 
             32           26    24                  18    14           8    6
            q            q     q                   q     q            q    q
 
    2     2
>   -- + q
     4
    q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[11, Alternating, 86]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
   5       9    11
  a     2 a    a            3        5        7        9        3    3  3
-(--) + ---- - --- - a z + a  z - 3 a  z - 2 a  z + 3 a  z - a z  + a  z  - 
  z      z      z
 
     5  3      7  3    3  5    5  5
>   a  z  - 3 a  z  + a  z  + a  z
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[11, Alternating, 86]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                              5      9    11
  6      8      10      12   a    2 a    a              5        9
-a  + 3 a  + 5 a   + 2 a   + -- - ---- - --- - a z - 2 a  z + 5 a  z + 
                             z     z      z
 
       11        2  2      4  2      6  2      8  2       10  2      12  2
>   2 a   z - 3 a  z  - 3 a  z  + 2 a  z  - 6 a  z  - 13 a   z  - 5 a   z  + 
 
         3      5  3      7  3      9  3      11  3      2  4      4  4
>   2 a z  + 3 a  z  + 4 a  z  - 6 a  z  - 5 a   z  + 6 a  z  + 3 a  z  - 
 
       6  4      8  4       10  4      12  4      5      3  5      5  5
>   5 a  z  + 4 a  z  + 10 a   z  + 4 a   z  - a z  + 5 a  z  - 2 a  z  - 
 
       7  5      9  5      11  5      2  6      4  6      6  6      8  6
>   9 a  z  + 5 a  z  + 6 a   z  - 3 a  z  + 3 a  z  + 7 a  z  + 3 a  z  + 
 
     10  6    12  6      3  7      5  7      7  7    9  7      11  7
>   a   z  - a   z  - 4 a  z  + 2 a  z  + 9 a  z  + a  z  - 2 a   z  - 
 
       4  8      6  8      8  8      10  8      5  9      7  9      9  9
>   4 a  z  - 4 a  z  - 2 a  z  - 2 a   z  - 3 a  z  - 5 a  z  - 2 a  z  - 
 
     6  10    8  10
>   a  z   - a  z
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
3    4      1        1        1        4        1        5        4
-- + -- + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + 
 4    2    22  9    20  8    18  8    18  7    16  7    16  6    14  6
q    q    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t
 
      7        5        8        8        7        7       7       7      3
>   ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----- + ---- + 
     14  5    12  5    12  4    10  4    10  3    8  3    8  2    6  2    6
    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t
 
     7           t     2  2
>   ---- + 2 t + -- + q  t
     4            2
    q  t         q


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