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	L8a8 is [math]\displaystyle{ 8^2_{7} }[/math] in the Rolfsen table of links, and the "seized Carrick bend" of practical knot-tying.

The simplest Celtic or pseudo-Celtic linear decorative knot.		Alternate decorative variant		Circular arcs only		Decorative variant with big loops at ends
Coat of arms of Bressauc, Jura, Switzerland.

Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X8192 X10,4,11,3 X16,10,7,9 X2738 X14,12,15,11 X12,5,13,6 X4,13,5,14 X6,16,1,15
Gauss code	{1, -4, 2, -7, 6, -8}, {4, -1, 3, -2, 5, -6, 7, -5, 8, -3}

A Braid Representative	{{{braid_table}}}
A Morse Link Presentation

Polynomial invariants

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

Khovanov Homology

The coefficients of the monomials [math]\displaystyle{ t^rq^j }[/math] are shown, along with their alternating sums [math]\displaystyle{ \chi }[/math] (fixed [math]\displaystyle{ j }[/math], alternation over [math]\displaystyle{ r }[/math]).

\   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         3 2       1 0       2 4         2 -2     2 2           0 -4   1 3             2 -6   1               -1 -8 1                 1

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

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

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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