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	L8n8 is $8_{3}^{4}$ in the Rolfsen table of links.

Detail from an 18th century royal decree, Vietnam.

Link Presentations

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Planar diagram presentation	X6172 X2536 X16,11,13,12 X3,11,4,10 X9,1,10,4 X7,15,8,14 X13,5,14,8 X12,15,9,16
Gauss code	{1, -2, -4, 5}, {2, -1, -6, 7}, {-5, 4, 3, -8}, {-7, 6, 8, -3}

A Braid Representative	{{{braid_table}}}
A Morse Link Presentation

Polynomial invariants

Multivariable Alexander Polynomial (in $u$, $v$, $w$, ...)	$-{\frac {(t(2)-t(3))(t(1)-t(4))}{{\sqrt {t(1)}}{\sqrt {t(2)}}{\sqrt {t(3)}}{\sqrt {t(4)}}}}$ (db)
Jones polynomial	$-q^{7/2}-q^{3/2}-2{\sqrt {q}}-{\frac {2}{\sqrt {q}}}-{\frac {1}{q^{3/2}}}-{\frac {1}{q^{7/2}}}$ (db)
Signature	0 (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^3 z^{-3} - a^{-3} z^{-3} +a^3 z+2 a^3 z^{-1} -z a^{-3} -2 a^{-3} z^{-1} -a z^3-3 a z^{-3} +z^3 a^{-1} +3 a^{-1} z^{-3} -5 a z-6 a z^{-1} +5 z a^{-1} +6 a^{-1} z^{-1} } (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^3 z^5-a z^5-z^5 a^{-1} -z^5 a^{-3} -a^2 z^4-z^4 a^{-2} -2 z^4+5 a^3 z^3+7 a z^3+7 z^3 a^{-1} +5 z^3 a^{-3} +6 a^2 z^2+6 z^2 a^{-2} +12 z^2-6 a^3 z-14 a z-14 z a^{-1} -6 z a^{-3} -8 a^2-8 a^{-2} -15+4 a^3 z^{-1} +9 a z^{-1} +9 a^{-1} z^{-1} +4 a^{-3} z^{-1} +3 a^2 z^{-2} +3 a^{-2} z^{-2} +6 z^{-2} -a^3 z^{-3} -3 a z^{-3} -3 a^{-1} z^{-3} - a^{-3} z^{-3} } (db)

Khovanov Homology

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

\   r    \    j   \ -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 χ 8                 1 1 6                 1 1 4             1     1 2         3         3 0       1 6 1       4 -2         3         3 -4     1             1 -6 1                 1 -8 1                 1

Integral Khovanov Homology (db, data source)

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 \dim{\mathcal G}_{2r+i}\operatorname{KH}^r_{\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 i=-2} $i=0$ 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 i=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}} 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 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 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}} 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} ${\mathbb {Z} }_{2}$ 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 {\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 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}^{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}^{6}} 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=1} ${\mathbb {Z} }$ 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 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}_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}} 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 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}} 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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