L8a21

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	L8a21 is a closed four-link chain. It is $8^4_{1}$ in the Rolfsen table of links.

Four linked squares.

Floor decoration in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, intended to contain four rings interlinked in this maner (but there is an interlacing error at upper right).

Ornamental circular arcs in square.

Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X6172 X2536 X16,11,13,12 X10,3,11,4 X4,9,1,10 X14,7,15,8 X8,13,5,14 X12,15,9,16
Gauss code	{1, -2, 4, -5}, {2, -1, 6, -7}, {5, -4, 3, -8}, {7, -6, 8, -3}

A Braid Representative
A Morse Link Presentation

Polynomial invariants

Multivariable Alexander Polynomial (in $u$, $v$, $w$, ...)	$\frac{t(2) t(1)-t(2) t(3) t(1)+t(3) t(1)-t(2) t(4) t(1)-t(3) t(4) t(1)+2 t(4) t(1)-t(1)-t(2)+2 t(2) t(3)-t(3)+t(2) t(4)-t(2) t(3) t(4)+t(3) t(4)-t(4)}{\sqrt{t(1)} \sqrt{t(2)} \sqrt{t(3)} \sqrt{t(4)}}$ (db)
Jones polynomial	$\frac{4}{q^{9/2}}-\frac{6}{q^{7/2}}+\frac{3}{q^{5/2}}-\frac{1}{q^{3/2}}-\frac{1}{q^{19/2}}+\frac{1}{q^{17/2}}-\frac{5}{q^{15/2}}+\frac{4}{q^{13/2}}-\frac{7}{q^{11/2}}$ (db)
Signature	-3 (db)
HOMFLY-PT polynomial	$a^{11} z^{-3} -3 a^9 z^{-3} -4 a^9 z^{-1} +3 a^7 z^{-3} +6 a^7 z+8 a^7 z^{-1} -3 a^5 z^3-a^5 z^{-3} -6 a^5 z-4 a^5 z^{-1} -a^3 z^3$ (db)
Kauffman polynomial	$-z^5 a^{11}+4 z^3 a^{11}-6 z a^{11}+4 a^{11} z^{-1} -a^{11} z^{-3} -z^6 a^{10}+6 z^2 a^{10}+3 a^{10} z^{-2} -8 a^{10}-z^7 a^9-2 z^5 a^9+11 z^3 a^9-14 z a^9+9 a^9 z^{-1} -3 a^9 z^{-3} -5 z^6 a^8+5 z^4 a^8+12 z^2 a^8+6 a^8 z^{-2} -15 a^8-z^7 a^7-7 z^5 a^7+17 z^3 a^7-14 z a^7+9 a^7 z^{-1} -3 a^7 z^{-3} -4 z^6 a^6+2 z^4 a^6+6 z^2 a^6+3 a^6 z^{-2} -8 a^6-6 z^5 a^5+9 z^3 a^5-6 z a^5+4 a^5 z^{-1} -a^5 z^{-3} -3 z^4 a^4-z^3 a^3$ (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   \ -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 χ -2                 1 1 -4               3 1 -2 -6             3     3 -8           1 3     2 -10         6 3       3 -12       4 7         3 -14     1             1 -16     4             4 -18 1 1               0 -20 1                 1

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

$\dim{\mathcal G}_{2r+i}\operatorname{KH}^r_{\mathbb Z}$ $i=-4$ $i=-2$ $r=-8$ ${\mathbb Z}$ ${\mathbb Z}$ $r=-7$ ${\mathbb Z}$ $r=-6$ ${\mathbb Z}^{4}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2$ ${\mathbb Z}$ $r=-5$ ${\mathbb Z}_2^{4}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{4}$ $r=-4$ ${\mathbb Z}^{7}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{6}$ $r=-3$ ${\mathbb Z}^{3}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2$ ${\mathbb Z}$ $r=-2$ ${\mathbb Z}^{3}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{3}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{3}$ $r=-1$ ${\mathbb Z}_2^{3}$ ${\mathbb Z}^{3}$ $r=0$ ${\mathbb Z}$ ${\mathbb Z}$

Computer Talk

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

Modifying This Page

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