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	L6a5 is [math]\displaystyle{ 6^3_1 }[/math] in the Rolfsen table of links. It is a closed three-link chain.

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Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X6172 X10,3,11,4 X12,7,9,8 X8,11,5,12 X2536 X4,9,1,10
Gauss code	{1, -5, 2, -6}, {5, -1, 3, -4}, {6, -2, 4, -3}

A Braid Representative
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(2) t(1)+t(3) t(1)-t(1)-t(2)+t(2) t(3)-t(3)}{\sqrt{t(1)} \sqrt{t(2)} \sqrt{t(3)}} }[/math] (db)
Jones polynomial	[math]\displaystyle{ q^{-1} -2 q^{-2} +3 q^{-3} - q^{-4} +3 q^{-5} - q^{-6} + q^{-7} }[/math] (db)
Signature	-2 (db)
HOMFLY-PT polynomial	[math]\displaystyle{ a^8 z^{-2} -2 a^6 z^{-2} -3 a^6+2 a^4 z^2+a^4 z^{-2} +3 a^4+a^2 z^2 }[/math] (db)
Kauffman polynomial	[math]\displaystyle{ z^4 a^8-3 z^2 a^8-a^8 z^{-2} +3 a^8+z^5 a^7-z^3 a^7-3 z a^7+2 a^7 z^{-1} +4 z^4 a^6-9 z^2 a^6-2 a^6 z^{-2} +5 a^6+z^5 a^5+z^3 a^5-3 z a^5+2 a^5 z^{-1} +3 z^4 a^4-5 z^2 a^4-a^4 z^{-2} +3 a^4+2 z^3 a^3+z^2 a^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   \ -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 χ -1             1 1 -3           2 1 -1 -5         1     1 -7         2     2 -9     3 1       2 -11   1 3         2 -13               0 -15 1             1

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

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