Package to generate Braid diagrams
KnotData does this kind of thing:
KnotData[{4, 1}, "BraidImage"]
Update:
I've been working on this and made a package with a single public function: to make these braid diagrams. Here's a semi-permanent link to the paclet file which can be installed with PacletInstall
in Mathematica.
To load up the package after installing, use Needs[Braids`]
followed by ?BraidDiagram
to see a full description of how to use the BraidDiagram
function. This is a somewhat outdated example of what it looks like: