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	L6a5 is $6_{1}^{3}$ in the Rolfsen table of links. It is a closed three-link chain.

Stained glass window of Trinity symbol, Brazil

French coat of arms.

Russian coat of arms.

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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 $u$, $v$, 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} , ...)	${\frac {t(2)t(1)+t(3)t(1)-t(1)-t(2)+t(2)t(3)-t(3)}{{\sqrt {t(1)}}{\sqrt {t(2)}}{\sqrt {t(3)}}}}$ (db)
Jones polynomial	$q^{-1}-2q^{-2}+3q^{-3}-q^{-4}+3q^{-5}-q^{-6}+q^{-7}$ (db)
Signature	-2 (db)
HOMFLY-PT polynomial	$a^{8}z^{-2}-2a^{6}z^{-2}-3a^{6}+2a^{4}z^{2}+a^{4}z^{-2}+3a^{4}+a^{2}z^{2}$ (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 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} (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   \ -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)

$\dim {\mathcal {G}}_{2r+i}\operatorname {KH} _{\mathbb {Z} }^{r}$ $i=-3$ 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 i=-1} $r=-6$ ${\mathbb {Z} }$ $r=-5$ ${\mathbb {Z} }_{2}$ ${\mathbb {Z} }$ $r=-4$ 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}} ${\mathbb {Z} }^{3}$ $r=-3$ ${\mathbb {Z} }$ $r=-2$ 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}\oplus{\mathbb Z}_2} ${\mathbb {Z} }$ $r=-1$ ${\mathbb {Z} }_{2}^{2}$ ${\mathbb {Z} }^{2}$ $r=0$ ${\mathbb {Z} }$ ${\mathbb {Z} }$

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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