L8n1

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	L8n1 is $8^2_{16}$ in the Rolfsen table of links.

Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X6172 X14,7,15,8 X4,15,1,16 X9,12,10,13 X3849 X5,11,6,10 X11,5,12,16 X13,2,14,3
Gauss code	{1, 8, -5, -3}, {-6, -1, 2, 5, -4, 6, -7, 4, -8, -2, 3, 7}

A Braid Representative
A Morse Link Presentation

Polynomial invariants

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

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

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

Computer Talk

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

Modifying This Page

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