9 42

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9_41

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9_43

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Knot presentations

Planar diagram presentation X1425 X5,10,6,11 X3948 X9,3,10,2 X16,12,17,11 X14,7,15,8 X6,15,7,16 X18,14,1,13 X12,18,13,17
Gauss code -1, 4, -3, 1, -2, -7, 6, 3, -4, 2, 5, -9, 8, -6, 7, -5, 9, -8
Dowker-Thistlethwaite code 4 8 10 -14 2 -16 -18 -6 -12
Conway Notation [22,3,2-]


Minimum Braid Representative A Morse Link Presentation An Arc Presentation
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Length is 9, width is 4,

Braid index is 4

9 42 ML.gif 9 42 AP.gif
[{11, 2}, {1, 9}, {10, 5}, {9, 11}, {8, 4}, {2, 7}, {6, 8}, {7, 10}, {5, 3}, {4, 1}, {3, 6}]

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Knot 9_42.
A graph, knot 9_42.
A part of a knot and a part of a graph.

Three dimensional invariants

Symmetry type Reversible
Unknotting number 1
3-genus 2
Bridge index 3
Super bridge index 4
Nakanishi index 1
Maximal Thurston-Bennequin number [-3][-5]
Hyperbolic Volume 4.05686
A-Polynomial See Data:9 42/A-polynomial

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Four dimensional invariants

Smooth 4 genus 1
Topological 4 genus 1
Concordance genus 2
Rasmussen s-Invariant 0

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Polynomial invariants

Alexander polynomial -t^2+2 t-1+2 t^{-1} - t^{-2}
Conway polynomial -z^4-2 z^2+1
2nd Alexander ideal (db, data sources) \{1\}
Determinant and Signature { 7, 2 }
Jones polynomial q^3-q^2+q-1+ q^{-1} - q^{-2} + q^{-3}
HOMFLY-PT polynomial (db, data sources) -z^4+a^2 z^2+z^2 a^{-2} -4 z^2+2 a^2+2 a^{-2} -3
Kauffman polynomial (db, data sources) a z^7+z^7 a^{-1} +a^2 z^6+z^6 a^{-2} +2 z^6-5 a z^5-5 z^5 a^{-1} -5 a^2 z^4-5 z^4 a^{-2} -10 z^4+6 a z^3+6 z^3 a^{-1} +6 a^2 z^2+6 z^2 a^{-2} +12 z^2-2 a z-2 z a^{-1} -2 a^2-2 a^{-2} -3
The A2 invariant q^{10}+q^8+q^6-q^2-1- q^{-2} + q^{-6} + q^{-8} + q^{-10}
The G2 invariant q^{46}+q^{42}+2 q^{32}+q^{26}+q^{24}+q^{22}+q^{20}-q^{18}+q^{16}+q^{14}-q^{12}+q^{10}-q^8-q^4-2 q^2-1- q^{-2} - q^{-4} -2 q^{-6} - q^{-8} - q^{-10} + q^{-12} - q^{-14} - q^{-16} + q^{-20} + q^{-22} + q^{-24} + q^{-26} +3 q^{-30} + q^{-34} + q^{-36} + q^{-40} + q^{-46} - q^{-50} - q^{-54} + q^{-56} - q^{-60} + q^{-62}