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	L8a5 is $8^2_{11}$ in the Rolfsen table of links.

Link Presentations

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

A Braid Representative
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Polynomial invariants

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

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

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

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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