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	L8a16 is [math]\displaystyle{ 8^3_{5} }[/math] in the Rolfsen table of links.

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Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X6172 X12,6,13,5 X8493 X2,14,3,13 X14,7,15,8 X16,10,11,9 X10,12,5,11 X4,15,1,16
Gauss code	{1, -4, 3, -8}, {2, -1, 5, -3, 6, -7}, {7, -2, 4, -5, 8, -6}

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{(t(1)-1) (t(2)-1) (t(3)-1) (t(2) t(3)+1)}{\sqrt{t(1)} t(2) t(3)} }[/math] (db)
Jones polynomial	[math]\displaystyle{ -q^6+3 q^5-4 q^4+6 q^3-5 q^2- q^{-2} +6 q+3 q^{-1} -3 }[/math] (db)
Signature	2 (db)
HOMFLY-PT polynomial	[math]\displaystyle{ z^6 a^{-2} +4 z^4 a^{-2} -z^4 a^{-4} -z^4+4 z^2 a^{-2} -2 z^2 a^{-4} -2 z^2- a^{-2} +1-2 a^{-2} z^{-2} + a^{-4} z^{-2} + z^{-2} }[/math] (db)
Kauffman polynomial	[math]\displaystyle{ 2 z^7 a^{-1} +2 z^7 a^{-3} +7 z^6 a^{-2} +4 z^6 a^{-4} +3 z^6+a z^5-3 z^5 a^{-1} +4 z^5 a^{-5} -17 z^4 a^{-2} -5 z^4 a^{-4} +3 z^4 a^{-6} -9 z^4-2 a z^3-z^3 a^{-1} -3 z^3 a^{-3} -3 z^3 a^{-5} +z^3 a^{-7} +10 z^2 a^{-2} +2 z^2 a^{-4} -2 z^2 a^{-6} +6 z^2-z a^{-1} -z a^{-3} + a^{-2} + a^{-4} +1+2 a^{-1} z^{-1} +2 a^{-3} z^{-1} -2 a^{-2} z^{-2} - a^{-4} z^{-2} - z^{-2} }[/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   \ -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 χ 13                 1 -1 11               2   2 9             2 1   -1 7           4 2     2 5         3 4       1 3       3 2         1 1     2 5           3 -1   1 1             0 -3   2               2 -5 1                 -1

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

[math]\displaystyle{ \dim{\mathcal G}_{2r+i}\operatorname{KH}^r_{\mathbb Z} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ i=1 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ i=3 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-3 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{2}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-1 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=0 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{5}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_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}^{4}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{4} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=3 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{2}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=4 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=5 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}_2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z} }[/math]

Computer Talk

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