Knot Diagrams from Dowker Codes

Diagram of 36 crossing knot with Dowker code
[40 24 10 30 22 52 32 64 46 12 6 42 60 2 8 50 66 16 62 58 28 4 54 34 14 20 68 36 72 26 70 56 48 18 44 38]
To verify the code, start at the bottom and proceed in the direction red-orange-yellow....


The following knot diagrams were all created from their Dowker-Thistlethwaite codes. Some of the diagrams are a bit messy.

11509

121022

121481

121989

12465

131

131022

131337

134023

136789

137433

138003

138291

138449

139465

139973

139988

For more information on how this was done, read my thesis.
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