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	L8a11 is [math]\displaystyle{ 8^2_{3} }[/math] in the Rolfsen table of links.

Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X8192 X2,9,3,10 X10,3,11,4 X14,5,15,6 X16,11,7,12 X12,15,13,16 X6718 X4,13,5,14
Gauss code	{1, -2, 3, -8, 4, -7}, {7, -1, 2, -3, 5, -6, 8, -4, 6, -5}

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{2 t(2)^2 t(1)^2-t(2) t(1)^2-t(2)^2 t(1)+3 t(2) t(1)-t(1)-t(2)+2}{t(1) t(2)} }[/math] (db)
Jones polynomial	[math]\displaystyle{ -\frac{1}{q^{5/2}}+\frac{1}{q^{7/2}}-\frac{3}{q^{9/2}}+\frac{3}{q^{11/2}}-\frac{4}{q^{13/2}}+\frac{4}{q^{15/2}}-\frac{3}{q^{17/2}}+\frac{2}{q^{19/2}}-\frac{1}{q^{21/2}} }[/math] (db)
Signature	-5 (db)
HOMFLY-PT polynomial	[math]\displaystyle{ z^3 a^9+2 z a^9-z^5 a^7-3 z^3 a^7-z a^7+a^7 z^{-1} -z^5 a^5-4 z^3 a^5-4 z a^5-a^5 z^{-1} }[/math] (db)
Kauffman polynomial	[math]\displaystyle{ -z^3 a^{13}+z a^{13}-2 z^4 a^{12}+2 z^2 a^{12}-2 z^5 a^{11}+z^3 a^{11}-2 z^6 a^{10}+3 z^4 a^{10}-3 z^2 a^{10}-z^7 a^9+z^5 a^9-2 z^3 a^9+2 z a^9-3 z^6 a^8+7 z^4 a^8-4 z^2 a^8-z^7 a^7+2 z^5 a^7-z a^7+a^7 z^{-1} -z^6 a^6+2 z^4 a^6+z^2 a^6-a^6-z^5 a^5+4 z^3 a^5-4 z a^5+a^5 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   \ -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 χ -4                 1 1 -6               1 1 0 -8             2     2 -10           1 1     0 -12         3 2       1 -14       1 1         0 -16     2 3           -1 -18   1 2             1 -20   1               -1 -22 1                 1

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

[math]\displaystyle{ \dim{\mathcal G}_{2r+i}\operatorname{KH}^r_{\mathbb Z} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ i=-6 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ i=-4 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-8 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-7 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-6 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{2}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-5 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{3}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-4 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{3} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{3} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-3 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{2}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}^{2} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=-1 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z}_2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ r=0 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ {\mathbb Z} }[/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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