L10a140

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Brunnian link. Presumably the simplest Brunnian link other than the Borromean rings.[1] The second in an infinite series of Brunnian links -- if the blue and yellow loops in the illustration below have only one twist along each side, the result is the Borromean rings; if the blue and yellow loops have three twists along each side, the result is this L10a140 link; if the blue and yellow loops have five twists along each side, the result is a three-loop link with 14 overall crossings, etc.[2]

In a visual form which makes it evident that it is a Brunnian link.

Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X6172 X2,16,3,15 X10,4,11,3 X14,6,15,5 X20,12,13,11 X12,14,5,13 X4,19,1,20 X8,17,9,18 X16,7,17,8 X18,9,19,10
Gauss code	{1, -2, 3, -7}, {4, -1, 9, -8, 10, -3, 5, -6}, {6, -4, 2, -9, 8, -10, 7, -5}

A Braid Representative
A Morse Link Presentation

Polynomial invariants

Multivariable Alexander Polynomial (in $u$, $v$, $w$, ...)	$\frac{(t(1)-1) (t(2)-1) (t(3)-1) (t(2) t(3)+1)^2}{\sqrt{t(1)} t(2)^{3/2} t(3)^{3/2}}$ (db)
Jones polynomial	$-q^5+3 q^4-5 q^3+8 q^2-9 q+12-9 q^{-1} +8 q^{-2} -5 q^{-3} +3 q^{-4} - q^{-5}$ (db)
Signature	0 (db)
HOMFLY-PT polynomial	$-a^2 z^6-z^6 a^{-2} -4 a^2 z^4-4 z^4 a^{-2} -4 a^2 z^2-4 z^2 a^{-2} +a^2 z^{-2} + a^{-2} z^{-2} +z^8+6 z^6+12 z^4+8 z^2-2 z^{-2}$ (db)
Kauffman polynomial	$2 a z^9+2 z^9 a^{-1} +4 a^2 z^8+4 z^8 a^{-2} +8 z^8+4 a^3 z^7-2 a z^7-2 z^7 a^{-1} +4 z^7 a^{-3} +3 a^4 z^6-11 a^2 z^6-11 z^6 a^{-2} +3 z^6 a^{-4} -28 z^6+a^5 z^5-9 a^3 z^5-2 a z^5-2 z^5 a^{-1} -9 z^5 a^{-3} +z^5 a^{-5} -7 a^4 z^4+14 a^2 z^4+14 z^4 a^{-2} -7 z^4 a^{-4} +42 z^4-2 a^5 z^3+4 a^3 z^3+6 a z^3+6 z^3 a^{-1} +4 z^3 a^{-3} -2 z^3 a^{-5} +2 a^4 z^2-8 a^2 z^2-8 z^2 a^{-2} +2 z^2 a^{-4} -20 z^2+1-2 a z^{-1} -2 a^{-1} z^{-1} +a^2 z^{-2} + a^{-2} z^{-2} +2 z^{-2}$ (db)

Khovanov Homology

The coefficients of the monomials $t^rq^j$ are shown, along with their alternating sums $\chi$ (fixed $j$, alternation over $r$).

\   r    \    j   \ -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 χ 11                     1 -1 9                   2   2 7                 3 1   -2 5               5 2     3 3             4 3       -1 1           8 5         3 -1         5 8           3 -3       3 4             -1 -5     2 5               3 -7   1 3                 -2 -9   2                   2 -11 1                     -1

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

$\dim{\mathcal G}_{2r+i}\operatorname{KH}^r_{\mathbb Z}$ $i=-1$ $i=1$ $r=-5$ ${\mathbb Z}$ $r=-4$ ${\mathbb Z}^{2}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2$ ${\mathbb Z}$ $r=-3$ ${\mathbb Z}^{3}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{2}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{2}$ $r=-2$ ${\mathbb Z}^{5}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{3}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{3}$ $r=-1$ ${\mathbb Z}^{4}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{5}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{5}$ $r=0$ ${\mathbb Z}^{8}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{4}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{8}$ $r=1$ ${\mathbb Z}^{5}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{4}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{4}$ $r=2$ ${\mathbb Z}^{3}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{5}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{5}$ $r=3$ ${\mathbb Z}^{2}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{3}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{3}$ $r=4$ ${\mathbb Z}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{2}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{2}$ $r=5$ ${\mathbb Z}_2$ ${\mathbb Z}$

Computer Talk

Much of the above data can be recomputed by Mathematica using the package KnotTheory`. See A Sample KnotTheory` Session.

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