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PD Presentation:

X6172 X14,7,15,8 X16,9,17,10 X8,15,9,16 X4,17,1,18 X12,6,13,5 X10,4,11,3 X18,12,5,11 X2,14,3,13

Gauss Code:

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

Jones Polynomial:

q-11/2 - 3q-9/2 + 5q-7/2 - 7q-5/2 + 8q-3/2 - 9q-1/2 + 6q1/2 - 5q3/2 + 3q5/2 - q7/2

A2 (sl(3)) Invariant:

- q-16 + q-14 - q-12 + q-10 + q-8 - q-6 + 3q-4 + 4 + q2 + q6 - q8 + q10

HOMFLY-PT Polynomial:

- a-1z-1 - 2a-1z - 3a-1z3 - a-1z5 + az-1 + 4az + 8az3 + 5az5 + az7 - 2a3z - 3a3z3 - a3z5

Kauffman Polynomial:

2a-3z3 - a-3z5 - 2a-2z2 + 7a-2z4 - 3a-2z6 - a-1z-1 + 4a-1z - 10a-1z3 + 11a-1z5 - 4a-1z7 + 1 - 3z2 + 4z4 + z6 - 2z8 - az-1 + 8az - 24az3 + 22az5 - 8az7 - 3a2z2 + 3a2z4 - 2a2z8 + 4a3z - 8a3z3 + 7a3z5 - 4a3z7 - a4z2 + 5a4z4 - 4a4z6 + 4a5z3 - 3a5z5 + a6z2 - a6z4

Khovanov Homology:

trqj r = -5 r = -4 r = -3 r = -2 r = -1 r = 0 r = 1 r = 2 r = 3 r = 4 j = 8                   1 j = 6                 2   j = 4               3 1   j = 2             3 2     j = 0           6 3       j = -2         4 5         j = -4       3 4           j = -6     2 4             j = -8   1 3               j = -10   2                 j = -12 1

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

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