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Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X6172 X14,7,15,8 X4,15,1,16 X10,5,11,6 X12,3,13,4 X16,11,5,12 X2,9,3,10 X8,13,9,14
Gauss code	{1, -7, 5, -3}, {4, -1, 2, -8, 7, -4, 6, -5, 8, -2, 3, -6}

A Braid Representative	{{{braid_table}}}
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(2)^3+4 t(1) t(2)^2-4 t(2)^2-4 t(1) t(2)+4 t(2)+t(1)}{\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 \frac{5}{q^{9/2}}-\frac{6}{q^{7/2}}+\frac{3}{q^{5/2}}-\frac{1}{q^{3/2}}-\frac{1}{q^{19/2}}+\frac{3}{q^{17/2}}-\frac{4}{q^{15/2}}+\frac{6}{q^{13/2}}-\frac{7}{q^{11/2}}} (db)
Signature	-3 (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 a^9 z-a^9 z^{-1} -a^7 z^3+2 a^7 z+3 a^7 z^{-1} -3 a^5 z^3-5 a^5 z-2 a^5 z^{-1} -a^3 z^3} (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 a^{11} z^5-2 a^{11} z^3+a^{11} z+3 a^{10} z^6-8 a^{10} z^4+5 a^{10} z^2+a^{10}+2 a^9 z^7-a^9 z^5-5 a^9 z^3+2 a^9 z-a^9 z^{-1} +8 a^8 z^6-16 a^8 z^4+4 a^8 z^2+3 a^8+2 a^7 z^7+4 a^7 z^5-12 a^7 z^3+6 a^7 z-3 a^7 z^{-1} +5 a^6 z^6-5 a^6 z^4-a^6 z^2+3 a^6+6 a^5 z^5-8 a^5 z^3+5 a^5 z-2 a^5 z^{-1} +3 a^4 z^4+a^3 z^3} (db)

Khovanov Homology

The coefficients of the monomials $t^{r}q^{j}$ are shown, along with their alternating sums $\chi$ (fixed $j$, alternation over $r$).

\   r    \    j   \ -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 χ -2                 1 1 -4               3 1 -2 -6             3     3 -8           2 3     1 -10         5 3       2 -12       2 3         1 -14     2 4           -2 -16   1 2             1 -18   2               -2 -20 1                 1

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

$\dim {\mathcal {G}}_{2r+i}\operatorname {KH} _{\mathbb {Z} }^{r}$ $i=-4$ $i=-2$ $r=-8$ ${\mathbb {Z} }$ $r=-7$ ${\mathbb {Z} }^{2}\oplus {\mathbb {Z} }_{2}$ ${\mathbb {Z} }$ $r=-6$ ${\mathbb {Z} }^{2}\oplus {\mathbb {Z} }_{2}^{2}$ ${\mathbb {Z} }^{2}$ $r=-5$ ${\mathbb {Z} }^{4}\oplus {\mathbb {Z} }_{2}^{2}$ ${\mathbb {Z} }^{2}$ 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=-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}^{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}^{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}^{3}\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=-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^{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=-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}_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=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}} 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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