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On the Polyak–Viro Vassiliev Invariant of Degree 4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

A. Stoimenow
A. Stoimenow*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Tokyo 153-8914, Japan e-mail: stoimeno@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Abstract

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Using the Polyak–Viro Gauss diagram formula for the degree-4 Vassiliev invariant, we extend some previous results on positive knots and the non-triviality of the Jones polynomial of untwisted Whitehead doubles.

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57M2757M2505C3057M15
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , 01 December 2006 , pp. 609 - 623
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2006

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