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PD Presentation: X6172 X14,7,15,8 X4,15,1,16 X5,12,6,13 X8493 X9,16,10,17 X11,20,12,21 X17,22,18,5 X21,18,22,19 X19,10,20,11 X2,14,3,13

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

Jones Polynomial: q-21/2 - 3q-19/2 + 6q-17/2 - 7q-15/2 + 9q-13/2 - 10q-11/2 + 8q-9/2 - 7q-7/2 + 3q-5/2 - 2q-3/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: - q-32 + q-30 - q-28 - 3q-26 - 3q-22 + q-18 + q-16 + 4q-14 + q-12 + 4q-10 + 3q-8 + 2q-4

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - 2a3z-1 - 4a3z - 2a3z3 + 2a5z-1 + 3a5z + 2a5z3 + a5z5 + a7z-1 + 2a7z + 2a7z3 + a7z5 - a9z-1 - a9z - a9z3

Kauffman Polynomial: - 2a3z-1 + 5a3z - 3a3z3 + 3a4 - 3a4z2 - a4z6 - 2a5z-1 + 6a5z - 8a5z3 + 3a5z5 - 2a5z7 + a6z2 - 3a6z4 + 2a6z6 - 2a6z8 + a7z-1 + 2a7z - 11a7z3 + 11a7z5 - 3a7z7 - a7z9 - 3a8 + 2a8z2 - 3a8z4 + 10a8z6 - 5a8z8 + a9z-1 + 2a9z - 12a9z3 + 17a9z5 - 4a9z7 - a9z9 - 5a10z2 + 3a10z4 + 6a10z6 - 3a10z8 + a11z - 6a11z3 + 9a11z5 - 3a11z7 + a12 - 3a12z2 + 3a12z4 - a12z6

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -9r = -8r = -7r = -6r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0
j = -2         2
j = -4        32
j = -6       4  
j = -8      43  
j = -10     64   
j = -12    34    
j = -14   46     
j = -16  23      
j = -18 14       
j = -20 2        
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, NonAlternating, 18]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[11, NonAlternating, 18]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[14, 7, 15, 8], X[4, 15, 1, 16], X[5, 12, 6, 13], 
 
>   X[8, 4, 9, 3], X[9, 16, 10, 17], X[11, 20, 12, 21], X[17, 22, 18, 5], 
 
>   X[21, 18, 22, 19], X[19, 10, 20, 11], X[2, 14, 3, 13]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -11, 5, -3}, {-4, -1, 2, -5, -6, 10, -7, 4, 11, -2, 3, 6, -8, 9, 
 
>    -10, 7, -9, 8}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
 -(21/2)     3       6       7       9      10      8      7      3      2
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
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
  -32    -30    -28    3     3     -18    -16    4     -12    4    3    2
-q    + q    - q    - --- - --- + q    + q    + --- + q    + --- + -- + --
                       26    22                  14           10    8    4
                      q     q                   q            q     q    q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[11, NonAlternating, 18]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
    3      5    7    9
-2 a    2 a    a    a       3        5        7      9        3  3      5  3
----- + ---- + -- - -- - 4 a  z + 3 a  z + 2 a  z - a  z - 2 a  z  + 2 a  z  + 
  z      z     z    z
 
       7  3    9  3    5  5    7  5
>   2 a  z  - a  z  + a  z  + a  z
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[11, NonAlternating, 18]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                       3      5    7    9
   4      8    12   2 a    2 a    a    a       3        5        7        9
3 a  - 3 a  + a   - ---- - ---- + -- + -- + 5 a  z + 6 a  z + 2 a  z + 2 a  z + 
                     z      z     z    z
 
     11        4  2    6  2      8  2      10  2      12  2      3  3
>   a   z - 3 a  z  + a  z  + 2 a  z  - 5 a   z  - 3 a   z  - 3 a  z  - 
 
       5  3       7  3       9  3      11  3      6  4      8  4      10  4
>   8 a  z  - 11 a  z  - 12 a  z  - 6 a   z  - 3 a  z  - 3 a  z  + 3 a   z  + 
 
       12  4      5  5       7  5       9  5      11  5    4  6      6  6
>   3 a   z  + 3 a  z  + 11 a  z  + 17 a  z  + 9 a   z  - a  z  + 2 a  z  + 
 
        8  6      10  6    12  6      5  7      7  7      9  7      11  7
>   10 a  z  + 6 a   z  - a   z  - 2 a  z  - 3 a  z  - 4 a  z  - 3 a   z  - 
 
       6  8      8  8      10  8    7  9    9  9
>   2 a  z  - 5 a  z  - 3 a   z  - a  z  - a  z
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
2    2      1        2        1        4        2        3        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
 
      6        3        4        6        4        4       3       4      3
>   ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----
     14  5    12  5    12  4    10  4    10  3    8  3    8  2    6  2    4
    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q   t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t


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