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Knots in Braid notation

At most 8-Crossing Knots

The knots page explains the above terms and the notation used in the table.


Number    Conway         b Braid notation
0(1)      infinity       = 1:
3(1)      3              = 2:AAA
4(1)      22             = 3:aBaB
5(1)      5              = 2:AAAAA
5(2)      32             = 3:ABBBAb
6(1)      42             = 4:AbCbaBcBC
6(2)      312            = 3:aBaBBB
6(3)      2112           = 3:AbAAbb
7(1)      7              = 2:AAAAAAA
7(2)      52             = 4:abCBBBACBcB
7(3)      43             = 3:aaaaabAb
7(4)      313            = 4:abCbAcbbcBc
7(5)      322            = 3:aBAAAABB
7(6)      2212           = 4:aBcBBABcB
7(7)      21112          = 4:AbCbaCbCb
8(1)      62             = 5:ABCbCdcBaCbCbD
8(2)      512            = 3:aBaBBBBB
8(3)      44             = 5:ABcBaCbCdcBcbD
8(4)      413            = 4:abCbAcBBBcB
8(5)      3,3,2          = 3:AbbbAbbb
8(6)      332            = 4:AbCCCbaBcBC
8(7)      4112           = 3:AbAAbbbb
8(8)      2312           = 4:abCbAcBBccB
8(9)      3113           = 3:AbAAAbbb
8(10)     3,21,2         = 3:aaaBaaBB
8(11)     3212           = 4:AbCbaBcBCCC
8(12)     2222           = 5:AbCdCbabCbDC
8(13)     31112          = 4:abCbAccBcBB
8(14)     22112          = 4:aBaBCCbCB
8(15)     21,21,2        = 4:aBCCCBBABcB
8(16)     .2.20          = 3:AAbAAbAb
8(17)     .2.2           = 3:AbAbAAbb
8(18)     8*             = 3:AbAbAbAb
8(19)     3,3,2-         = 3:abbbabbb
8(20)     3,21,2-        = 3:aaaBAABB
8(21)     21,21,2-       3 4:aBCCCBBAbcb

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