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PD Presentation: X8192 X10,3,11,4 X14,6,15,5 X16,11,17,12 X18,13,7,14 X12,17,13,18 X4,16,5,15 X2738 X6,9,1,10

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

Jones Polynomial: q-17/2 - 2q-15/2 + 4q-13/2 - 6q-11/2 + 6q-9/2 - 7q-7/2 + 5q-5/2 - 4q-3/2 + 2q-1/2 - q1/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: - q-26 - q-22 - 2q-20 + q-18 + 3q-14 + 3q-12 + 2q-10 + 3q-8 - q-6 + q-4 + q2

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - 2az - az3 - 2a3z-1 - a3z + 2a3z3 + a3z5 + 3a5z-1 + 4a5z + 3a5z3 + a5z5 - a7z-1 - 2a7z - a7z3

Kauffman Polynomial: - 2az + 3az3 - az5 - 2a2z2 + 5a2z4 - 2a2z6 - 2a3z-1 + 5a3z - 3a3z3 + 4a3z5 - 2a3z7 + 3a4 - 6a4z2 + 6a4z4 - a4z6 - a4z8 - 3a5z-1 + 14a5z - 22a5z3 + 15a5z5 - 5a5z7 + 3a6 - 11a6z2 + 8a6z4 - 2a6z6 - a6z8 - a7z-1 + 7a7z - 13a7z3 + 8a7z5 - 3a7z7 + a8 - 5a8z2 + 6a8z4 - 3a8z6 + 3a9z3 - 2a9z5 + 2a10z2 - a10z4

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -7r = -6r = -5r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2
j = 2         1
j = 0        1 
j = -2       31 
j = -4      32  
j = -6     42   
j = -8    34    
j = -10   33     
j = -12  13      
j = -14 13       
j = -16 1        
j = -181         


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


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