The pdcode Module: Diagrams

Contents:

• The Diagram module: PlanarDiagrams
  • Constants and other top-level features
  • The PlanarDiagram Class
    • Creating PlanarDiagrams
    • Diagram I/O
    • Diagram properties and invariants
    • Equivalence Checking and Isomorphism generation
    • Diagram Manipulation
    • Simplification and Reidemeister Moves
    • Regeneration and Sanity Checking
    • SnapPy and Spherogram
• The Components module
  • Crossings: The primary building blocks
    • A simple example: Creating a trefoil diagram
    • The Crossing class
  • Edges
  • Link components
  • Faces
• The HOMFLY module