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PD Presentation: X6172 X8354 X2536 X4718

Gauss Code: {{1, -3, 2, -4}, {3, -1, 4, -2}}

Jones Polynomial: - q-9/2 - q-5/2 + q-3/2 - q-1/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-16 + 2q-14 + 2q-12 + 2q-10 + q-8 + 1

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - az - a3z-1 - a3z + a5z-1

Kauffman Polynomial: - az - a2z2 - a3z-1 + 2a3z - a3z3 + a4 - a4z2 - a5z-1 + 3a5z - a5z3

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0
j = 0    1
j = -2   11
j = -4     
j = -6  1  
j = -81    
j = -101    


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[4, Alternating, 1]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[4, Alternating, 1]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[8, 3, 5, 4], X[2, 5, 3, 6], X[4, 7, 1, 8]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -3, 2, -4}, {3, -1, 4, -2}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
  -(9/2)    -(5/2)    -(3/2)      1
-q       - q       + q       - -------
                               Sqrt[q]
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
     -16    2     2     2     -8
1 + q    + --- + --- + --- + q
            14    12    10
           q     q     q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[4, Alternating, 1]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
   3     5
  a     a           3
-(--) + -- - a z - a  z
  z     z
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[4, Alternating, 1]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
      3    5
 4   a    a             3        5      2  2    4  2    3  3    5  3
a  - -- - -- - a z + 2 a  z + 3 a  z - a  z  - a  z  - a  z  - a  z
     z    z
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
     -2     1        1       1      1
1 + q   + ------ + ----- + ----- + ----
           10  4    8  4    6  2    2
          q   t    q  t    q  t    q  t


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