Configuration space integral for long \(n\)-knots and the Alexander polynomial (Q873935)

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Configuration space integral for long \(n\)-knots and the Alexander polynomial
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    Configuration space integral for long \(n\)-knots and the Alexander polynomial (English)
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    21 March 2007
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    A long \(n\)-knot is the image of a smooth embedding \(\psi\) of \(\mathbb R^n\) into \(\mathbb R^{n+2}\) that is standard near \(\infty\), that is , one assumes that there exists an \(n\)-ball \(D \subset \mathbb R^n\) such that \(\psi| (\mathbb R^n \setminus D) = i| (\mathbb R^n \setminus D)\) where \(i:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R^{n+2}\) is the natural inclusion. We quote the author's summary: There is a higher dimensional analogue of the perturbative Chern-Simons theory in the sense that a similar perturbative series as in 3 dimensions, which is computed via configuration space integrals, yields an invariant of higher dimensional knots (Bott-Cattaneo-Rossi invariant). This invariant was constructed by Bott for degree 2 and by Cattaneo-Rossi for higher degrees. However, its features are yet unknown. In this paper we restrict the study to long ribbon \(n\)-knots and characterize the Bott-Cattaneo-Rossi invariant as a finite type invariant of long ribbon \(n\)-knots introduced by Habiro-Kanenobu-Shima. As a consequence, we obtain a nontrivial description of the Bott-Cattneo-Rossi invariant in terms of the Alexander polynomial.
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    Long \(n\)-knot
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    long ribbon \(n\)-knot
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    configuration space integral
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    Chern-Simons theory
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    Bott-Cattaneo-Rossi invariant
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    finite type invariant
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    Alexander polynomial.
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