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

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

Jones Polynomial: q-3 - q-2 + 5q-1 - 5 + 8q - 7q2 + 7q3 - 6q4 + 3q5 - q6

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant: q-10 + 2q-8 + 3q-6 + 7q-4 + 6q-2 + 7 + 6q2 + q4 + 2q6 - 3q8 - q10 - 2q12 - 2q14 + q16 - q18

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial: - a-4z-2 - 2a-4 - 2a-4z2 - a-4z4 + 4a-2z-2 + 8a-2 + 7a-2z2 + 4a-2z4 + a-2z6 - 5z-2 - 9 - 7z2 - 2z4 + 2a2z-2 + 3a2 + a2z2

Kauffman Polynomial: a-7z3 + 3a-6z4 - a-5z-1 + 3a-5z - 6a-5z3 + 6a-5z5 + a-4z-2 - 2a-4 + 6a-4z2 - 11a-4z4 + 7a-4z6 - 5a-3z-1 + 13a-3z - 12a-3z3 - a-3z5 + 4a-3z7 + 4a-2z-2 - 10a-2 + 16a-2z2 - 21a-2z4 + 7a-2z6 + a-2z8 - 9a-1z-1 + 21a-1z - 11a-1z3 - 8a-1z5 + 5a-1z7 + 5z-2 - 14 + 19z2 - 12z4 + z6 + z8 - 5az-1 + 11az - 6az3 - az5 + az7 + 2a2z-2 - 7a2 + 9a2z2 - 5a2z4 + a2z6

Khovanov Homology:
trqj r = -4r = -3r = -2r = -1r = 0r = 1r = 2r = 3r = 4r = 5
j = 13         1
j = 11        2 
j = 9       41 
j = 7      32  
j = 5     44   
j = 3    43    
j = 1   47     
j = -1  11      
j = -3  4       
j = -511        
j = -71         


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[9, Alternating, 44]]]
Out[3]=   
 -Graphics- 
In[4]:=
PD[L = Link[9, Alternating, 44]]
Out[4]=   
PD[X[6, 1, 7, 2], X[10, 3, 11, 4], X[18, 14, 9, 13], X[16, 12, 17, 11], 
 
>   X[12, 18, 13, 17], X[8, 16, 5, 15], X[14, 8, 15, 7], X[2, 5, 3, 6], 
 
>   X[4, 9, 1, 10]]
In[5]:=
GaussCode[L]
Out[5]=   
GaussCode[{1, -8, 2, -9}, {8, -1, 7, -6}, {9, -2, 4, -5, 3, -7, 6, -4, 5, -3}]
In[6]:=
Jones[L][q]
Out[6]=   
      -3    -2   5            2      3      4      5    6
-5 + q   - q   + - + 8 q - 7 q  + 7 q  - 6 q  + 3 q  - q
                 q
In[7]:=
A2Invariant[L][q]
Out[7]=   
     -10   2    3    7    6       2    4      6      8    10      12      14
7 + q    + -- + -- + -- + -- + 6 q  + q  + 2 q  - 3 q  - q   - 2 q   - 2 q   + 
            8    6    4    2
           q    q    q    q
 
     16    18
>   q   - q
In[8]:=
HOMFLYPT[Link[9, Alternating, 44]][a, z]
Out[8]=   
                                              2             2      2
     2    8       2   5      1       4     2 a       2   2 z    7 z     2  2
-9 - -- + -- + 3 a  - -- - ----- + ----- + ---- - 7 z  - ---- + ---- + a  z  - 
      4    2           2    4  2    2  2     2             4      2
     a    a           z    a  z    a  z     z             a      a
 
            4      4    6
       4   z    4 z    z
>   2 z  - -- + ---- + --
            4     2     2
           a     a     a
In[9]:=
Kauffman[Link[9, Alternating, 44]][a, z]
Out[9]=   
                                               2
      2    10      2   5      1       4     2 a     1      5      9    5 a
-14 - -- - -- - 7 a  + -- + ----- + ----- + ---- - ---- - ---- - --- - --- + 
       4    2           2    4  2    2  2     2     5      3     a z    z
      a    a           z    a  z    a  z     z     a  z   a  z
 
                                            2       2              3      3
    3 z   13 z   21 z                2   6 z    16 z       2  2   z    6 z
>   --- + ---- + ---- + 11 a z + 19 z  + ---- + ----- + 9 a  z  + -- - ---- - 
     5      3     a                        4      2                7     5
    a      a                              a      a                a     a
 
        3       3                       4       4       4                5
    12 z    11 z         3       4   3 z    11 z    21 z       2  4   6 z
>   ----- - ----- - 6 a z  - 12 z  + ---- - ----- - ----- - 5 a  z  + ---- - 
      3       a                        6      4       2                 5
     a                                a      a       a                 a
 
     5      5                  6      6              7      7                8
    z    8 z       5    6   7 z    7 z     2  6   4 z    5 z       7    8   z
>   -- - ---- - a z  + z  + ---- + ---- + a  z  + ---- + ---- + a z  + z  + --
     3    a                   4      2              3     a                  2
    a                        a      a              a                        a
In[10]:=
Kh[L][q, t]
Out[10]=   
         3     1       1       1       4      1      1    4 q      3
7 q + 4 q  + ----- + ----- + ----- + ----- + ---- + --- + --- + 3 q  t + 
              7  4    5  4    5  3    3  2      2   q t    t
             q  t    q  t    q  t    q  t    q t
 
       5        5  2      7  2      7  3      9  3    9  4      11  4    13  5
>   4 q  t + 4 q  t  + 3 q  t  + 2 q  t  + 4 q  t  + q  t  + 2 q   t  + q   t


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