L8a8

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L8a7

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L8a9

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L8a8 is 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

[edit Notes on L8a8's Link Presentations]

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 L8a8 ML.gif

Polynomial invariants

Multivariable Alexander Polynomial (in , , , ...) (db)
Jones polynomial (db)
Signature 1 (db)
HOMFLY-PT polynomial (db)
Kauffman polynomial (db)

Khovanov Homology

The coefficients of the monomials are shown, along with their alternating sums (fixed , alternation over ).   
\ r
  \  
j \
-4-3-2-101234χ
10        11
8       2 -2
6      21 1
4     32  -1
2    32   1
0   24    2
-2  22     0
-4 13      2
-6 1       -1
-81        1
Integral Khovanov Homology

(db, data source)

  

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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