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  • algorithms
    • canonical
    • closure
    • components_link
      • link_components
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    • connected_sum
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    • example
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      • test_get_knot_by_names
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        • test_remove_bivalent_vertex
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  • drawing
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      • acxyz
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      • testgrid
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      • export_pdf
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      • get_style_from_style
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      • Arrow
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      • are_continuation
      • connect
      • crossings
      • draw
      • draw_smooth
      • integral
      • to_zigzag
      • TangleExpr
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      • ZigZag
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    • tests
      • test_draw
        • test_draw_bonded
        • test_draw_bridges
        • test_draw_knot
        • test_draw_knotoid
        • test_draw_theta
        • test_thetas_sums
  • invariants
    • affine_index_polynomial
    • arrow_polynomial
    • bracket
      • bracket_polynomial
      • kauffman_bracket_skein_module
    • cache
      • Cache
    • homfly
      • homfly_polynomial
    • jones_polynomial
    • mock_alexander_polynomial
    • module
      • Module
    • tests
      • test_colored_yamada
        • color_endpoints
        • colored_yamada_one_bond_reidemeister
        • makeit
        • module2str
        • test_colored_yamada_graph
        • test_colored_yamada_one_bond
        • test_colored_yamada_three_bonds
        • test_colored_yamada_trivial
        • test_colored_yamada_two_bonds
        • test_expressions
      • test_jones
        • test_jones
      • test_tutte
        • test_deletion_contraction_cycle
        • test_deletion_contraction_parallel_edges
        • test_deletion_contraction_square_with_diagonal
      • test_yamada
        • test_yamada_examples_from_paper
        • test_yamada_moriuchi
        • test_yamada_reidemeister
    • tutte
      • deletion_contraction
      • tutte_polynomial
    • unplugging
    • writhe
    • yamada
      • yamada_polynomial
    • yamada_colored
      • colored_yamada_polynomial
      • module2str
      • state_sum_yamada
  • manipulation
    • attributes
      • clear_attributes
      • clear_diagram_attributes
      • clear_endpoint_attributes
      • clear_node_attributes
    • contract
      • contract_arc
    • insert
      • insert_arc
      • insert_endpoint
      • insert_new_leaf
    • permute
      • permute_node
    • remove
      • remove_arc
      • remove_bivalent_vertex
      • remove_bivalent_vertices
      • remove_empty_nodes
      • remove_loops
    • rewire
      • pull_and_plug_endpoint
      • replug_endpoint
    • subdivide
      • subdivide_arc
      • subdivide_arcs_around_node
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      • subdivide_endpoint_by_crossing
    • symmetry
      • flip
      • mirror
    • tests
      • test_contract
        • test_contract_edge
        • test_contract_edge_attributes
      • test_insert
        • test_insert_attr
      • test_remove
        • test_remove_edge
  • notation
    • dispatcher
      • from_notation_dispatcher
      • to_notation_dispatcher
    • dt
      • from_dt_notation
    • em
      • from_condensed_em_notation
      • from_em_notation
      • to_condensed_em_notation
      • to_em_notation
    • name
    • native
      • from_knotpy_notation
      • to_knotpy_notation
    • pd
      • from_condensed_pd_notation
      • from_pd_notation
      • to_condensed_pd_notation
      • to_pd_notation
    • plantri
      • from_plantri_notation
      • to_plantri_notation
    • tests
      • test_notation
        • test_native_notation_from
        • test_native_notation_to
        • test_native_notation_to_from
      • test_plantri
        • test_from_plantri
  • reidemeister
    • choose_random_reidemeister_moves
    • detect_move_type
    • find_all_reidemeister_moves
    • make_all_reidemeister_moves
    • make_random_reidemeister_move
    • make_reidemeister_move
    • randomize_diagram
  • utils
    • algebra
      • laurent_polynomial_to_tuples
      • poly2str
      • reciprocal
      • str2poly
    • cache
      • Cache
    • chunked
    • combinatorics
      • combinations_with_limited_repetitions
      • iterable_depth
      • lexicographical_minimal_cyclic_rotation_shift
      • parted_permutations
      • union
    • decorators
      • multi_variable_invariant
      • total_ordering_from_compare
    • dict_utils
      • common_dict
      • compare_dicts
      • inverse_dict
      • inverse_multi_dict
      • inverse_nested_dict
      • ClassifierDict
      • LazyEvalDict
      • LazyLoadDict
      • LazyLoadEvalDict
      • identitydict
    • disjoint_union_set
      • DisjointSetUnion
    • equivalence
    • func_utils
      • min_elements_by
    • geometry
      • antipode
      • bisect
      • bisector
      • bounding_box
      • circle_through_points
      • inverse_point_through_circle
      • is_angle_between
      • middle
      • perpendicular_arc
      • perpendicular_arc_through_point
      • perpendicular_line
      • split
      • tangent_line
      • weighted_circle_center_mean
      • BoundingBox
      • Circle
      • CircularArc
      • Line
      • Segment
    • module
      • module
    • multiprogressbar
      • Bar
      • FakeBar
      • ProgressTracker
    • multiprogressbar2
      • Bar
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      • ProgressBar
      • ProgressTracker
    • parsing
      • parse_arc
      • parse_arcs
      • parse_endpoint
      • universal_list_of_lists_parser
    • set_utils
      • powerset
      • LeveledSet
    • statistics
      • print_bar_chart
    • string_utils
      • multi_replace
      • nested_split
      • string_to_nested_tuple_with_prefixes
    • test
      • test_dsu
        • test_dsu
      • test_lazy_dict
        • test_lazy_eval
        • test_lazy_load
        • test_lazy_load_eval
      • test_module
        • test_module
      • test_parser
        • test_universal_list_of_lists_parser
      • test_set_utils
        • test_leveled_set
      • test_value_partitioner
        • mod2
        • mod3
        • test_value_partitioner
  • Reference
  • invariants
  • homfly

homfly#

Functions

homfly_polynomial(k)

Returns homfly polynomial for knot k.

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