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PD Presentation: X6172 X10,3,11,4 X14,12,9,11 X8,14,5,13 X12,8,13,7 X2536 X4,9,1,10

Gauss Code: {{1, -6, 2, -7}, {6, -1, 5, -4}, {7, -2, 3, -5, 4, -3}}

Jones Polynomial: q-4 - q-3 + 4q-2 - 3q-1 + 4 - 3q + 3q2 - q3

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-14 + 2q-12 + 2q-10 + 5q-8 + 5q-6 + 4q-4 + 4q-2 + 1 + 2q2 + q6 + q8 - q10

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - a-2z2 + z-2 + 2 + 2z2 + z4 - 2a2z-2 - 3a2 - 2a2z2 + a4z-2 + a4

Kauffman Polynomial: a-3z3 - 3a-2z2 + 3a-2z4 - 3a-1z3 + 3a-1z5 - z-2 + 3 - 5z2 + 3z4 + z6 + 2az-1 - 3az - 4az3 + 4az5 - 2a2z-2 + 5a2 - 5a2z2 + a2z4 + a2z6 + 2a3z-1 - 3a3z + a3z5 - a4z-2 + 3a4 - 3a4z2 + a4z4

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3
j = 7       1
j = 5      2 
j = 3     11 
j = 1    32  
j = -1   34   
j = -3  1     
j = -5  3     
j = -711      
j = -91       


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]=   
3
In[3]:=
Show[DrawMorseLink[Link[7, Alternating, 7]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[7, Alternating, 7]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[10, 3, 11, 4], X[14, 12, 9, 11], X[8, 14, 5, 13], 
 
>   X[12, 8, 13, 7], X[2, 5, 3, 6], X[4, 9, 1, 10]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -6, 2, -7}, {6, -1, 5, -4}, {7, -2, 3, -5, 4, -3}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
     -4    -3   4    3            2    3
4 + q   - q   + -- - - - 3 q + 3 q  - q
                 2   q
                q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
     -14    2     2    5    5    4    4       2    6    8    10
1 + q    + --- + --- + -- + -- + -- + -- + 2 q  + q  + q  - q
            12    10    8    6    4    2
           q     q     q    q    q    q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[7, Alternating, 7]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
                         2    4           2
       2    4    -2   2 a    a       2   z       2  2    4
2 - 3 a  + a  + z   - ---- + -- + 2 z  - -- - 2 a  z  + z
                        2     2           2
                       z     z           a
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[7, Alternating, 7]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                           2    4            3                              2
       2      4    -2   2 a    a    2 a   2 a               3        2   3 z
3 + 5 a  + 3 a  - z   - ---- - -- + --- + ---- - 3 a z - 3 a  z - 5 z  - ---- - 
                          2     2    z     z                               2
                         z     z                                          a
 
                         3      3                      4
       2  2      4  2   z    3 z         3      4   3 z     2  4    4  4
>   5 a  z  - 3 a  z  + -- - ---- - 4 a z  + 3 z  + ---- + a  z  + a  z  + 
                         3    a                       2
                        a                            a
 
       5
    3 z         5    3  5    6    2  6
>   ---- + 4 a z  + a  z  + z  + a  z
     a
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
4           1       1       1       3       1      3             3      3  2
- + 3 q + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + --- + 2 q t + q  t + q  t  + 
q          9  4    7  4    7  3    5  2    3  2   q t
          q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t
 
       5  2    7  3
>   2 q  t  + q  t


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