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The list of diagrams of all simple knots admitting a projection on the plane with 9 or fewer double points. The notation for the knots in this table is standard; the first number indicates the number of double points and the second (placed as a suffix) the ordinal number of the knot. E.g., the knot $7_5$ is the fifth knot in the table with 7 intersections. Alongside each knot in coded form is given its Alexander polynomial $\Delta(t)=a_{2n}t^{2n}+\dots+a_nt^n+\dots+a_0$ (cf. [[Alexander invariants|Alexander invariants]]). Since the Alexander polynomial of every knot has even degree and is reciprocal (i.e. $a_i=a_{2n-i}$), it suffices to give the set of last coefficients $a_n,\dots,a_0$; they are indicated in the table. E.g., next to the knot $8_9$ is written $7-5+3-1$. This means that the Alexander polynomial equals $\Delta(t)=-t^6+3t^5-5t^4+7t^3-5t^2+3t-1$. Non-alternating knots are marked by an asterisk (cf. [[Alternating knots and links|Alternating knots and links]]). The table is taken from [[#References|[1]]] with minor modifications.

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====References====
<table><TR><TD valign="top">[1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  G. Burde,   "Knoten" , ''Jahrbuch Ueberblicke Mathematik'' , B.I. Wissenschaftsverlag Mannheim  (1978)  pp. 131–147</TD></TR></table>



====Comments====
A table of knots with up to 10 crossings can be found in [[#References|[a1]]].

====References====
<table><TR><TD valign="top">[a1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  D. Rolfsen,   "Knots and links" , Publish or Perish  (1976)</TD></TR></table>