The Multivariable Alexander Polynomial

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(For In[1] see Setup)

In[1]:= ?MultivariableAlexander MultivariableAlexander[L][t] returns the multivariable Alexander polynomial of a link L as a function of the variable t[1], t[2], ..., t[c], where c is the number of components of L.

In[2]:= MultivariableAlexander::about The multivariable Alexander program was written by Dan Carney at the University of Toronto in the summer of 2005.

L8a21

The link L8a21 is symmetric under cyclic permutations of its components but not under interchanging two adjacent components. It is amusing to see how this is reflected in its multivariable Alexander polynomial:

In[3]:=	mva = MultivariableAlexander[Link[8, Alternating, 21]][t] /. { t[1] -> t1, t[2] -> t2, t[3] -> t4, t[4] -> t3 }
Out[3]=	-t1 - t2 t1 t2 - t3 2 t1 t3 t2 t3 - t1 t2 t3 - t4 t1 t4 2 t2 t4 - t1 t2 t4 t3 t4 - t1 t3 t4 - t2 t3 t4

In[4]:=	mva - (mva /. {t1->t2, t2->t3, t3->t4, t4->t1})
Out[4]=	0

In[5]:=	mva - (mva /. {t1->t2, t2->t1})
Out[5]=	t1 t3 - t2 t3 - t1 t4 t2 t4

But notice the funny labelling of the components! At the moment there is no way to tell MultivariableAlexander which variable is to be associated with what variable so MultivariableAlexander chooses an arbitrary ordering of tha variables. Hence we had to rename t[3] to be t4 and t[4] to be t3.

(To be precise, MultivariableAlexander orders the components so that its output would be lexicographically minimal among all possible orderings. This way it is at least guaranteed that different presentations for the same link will yield the same output for MultivariableAlexander.)

Links with Vanishing Multivariable Alexander Polynomial

There are 11 links with up to 11 crossings whose multivariable Alexander polynomial is $0$. Here they are: