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	L9a8 is Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 9^2_{25}} in the Rolfsen table of links.

Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X6172 X10,4,11,3 X16,8,17,7 X18,13,5,14 X14,17,15,18 X12,10,13,9 X8,16,9,15 X2536 X4,12,1,11
Gauss code	{1, -8, 2, -9}, {8, -1, 3, -7, 6, -2, 9, -6, 4, -5, 7, -3, 5, -4}

A Braid Representative
A Morse Link Presentation

Polynomial invariants

Multivariable Alexander Polynomial (in Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle u} , $v$, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle w} , ...)	Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{(t(1)-1) (t(2)-1) \left(t(2)^2-4 t(2)+1\right)}{\sqrt{t(1)} t(2)^{3/2}}} (db)
Jones polynomial	Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle q^{11/2}-3 q^{9/2}+5 q^{7/2}-8 q^{5/2}+8 q^{3/2}-8 \sqrt{q}+\frac{7}{\sqrt{q}}-\frac{5}{q^{3/2}}+\frac{2}{q^{5/2}}-\frac{1}{q^{7/2}}} (db)
Signature	1 (db)
HOMFLY-PT polynomial	Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle z^5 a^{-1} -2 a z^3+2 z^3 a^{-1} -2 z^3 a^{-3} +a^3 z-3 a z+3 z a^{-1} -2 z a^{-3} +z a^{-5} +a^3 z^{-1} -2 a z^{-1} +2 a^{-1} z^{-1} - a^{-3} z^{-1} } (db)
Kauffman polynomial	Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle z^4 a^{-6} -z^2 a^{-6} +3 z^5 a^{-5} -4 z^3 a^{-5} +2 z a^{-5} +4 z^6 a^{-4} -4 z^4 a^{-4} +z^2 a^{-4} +3 z^7 a^{-3} +a^3 z^5+z^5 a^{-3} -3 a^3 z^3-7 z^3 a^{-3} +3 a^3 z+5 z a^{-3} -a^3 z^{-1} - a^{-3} z^{-1} +z^8 a^{-2} +2 a^2 z^6+6 z^6 a^{-2} -4 a^2 z^4-10 z^4 a^{-2} +2 a^2 z^2+3 z^2 a^{-2} +2 a z^7+5 z^7 a^{-1} -3 z^5 a^{-1} -8 a z^3-8 z^3 a^{-1} +8 a z+8 z a^{-1} -2 a z^{-1} -2 a^{-1} z^{-1} +z^8+4 z^6-9 z^4+3 z^2-1} (db)

Khovanov Homology

The coefficients of the monomials Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t^rq^j} are shown, along with their alternating sums Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \chi} (fixed Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle j} , alternation over $r$).

\   r    \    j   \ -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 χ 12                   1 -1 10                 2   2 8               3 1   -2 6             5 2     3 4           3 3       0 2         5 5         0 0       4 5           1 -2     1 3             -2 -4   1 4               3 -6   1                 -1 -8 1                   1

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

$\dim {\mathcal {G}}_{2r+i}\operatorname {KH} _{\mathbb {Z} }^{r}$ $i=0$ $i=2$ $r=-4$ ${\mathbb {Z} }$ $r=-3$ ${\mathbb {Z} }\oplus {\mathbb {Z} }_{2}$ ${\mathbb {Z} }$ Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r=-2} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{4}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r=-1} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{3}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{4}} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{4}} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r=0} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{5}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{3}} ${\mathbb {Z} }^{5}$ Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r=1} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{5}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{3}} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{3}} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r=2} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{3}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{5}} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{5}} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r=3} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{2}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{3}} ${\mathbb {Z} }^{3}$ Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r=4} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{2}} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}^{2}} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r=5} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\mathbb Z}_2} Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\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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