Skein relations for Milnor's -invariants

DOI10.2140/AGT.2005.5.1471MaRDI QIDQ2571392zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Polyak

Publication date 1 November 2005

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0507602, https://eudml.org/doc/126268, http://www.emis.de/journals/UW/agt/AGTVol5/agt-5-58.abs.html

zbMATH Keywords

link-homotopyMilnor's \(\mu\)-invariantskein relationstring link

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Abstract: The theory of link-homotopy, introduced by Milnor, is an important part of the knot theory, with Milnor's mu-bar-invariants being the basic set of link-homotopy invariants. Skein relations for knot and link invariants played a crucial role in the recent developments of knot theory. However, while skein relations for Alexander and Jones invariants are known for quite a while, a similar treatment of Milnor's mu-bar-invariants was missing. We fill this gap by deducing simple skein relations for link-homotopy mu-invariants of string links.

Review text

Two links are said to be link-homotopic if one can be transformed into the other by a sequence of crossing changes and isotopies, where no crossing change can occur between distinct components of the link. A celebrated example of link-homotopy invariants are the \(\mu\)-invariants introduced by \textit{J. Milnor} [Ann. Math. (2) 59, 177-195 (1954; Zbl 0055.16901)] and see also [Princeton Math. Ser. 12, 280-306 (1957; Zbl 0080.16901)]. An \(n\)-component string link \(L\) is an ordered collection of \(n\) disjoint arcs properly embedded in \(D^2 \times [0,1]\) in such a way that the \(i\)-th arc ends in the points \(p_i \times\{0,1\},\) where \(p_i=(x_i,0)\) are some prescribed points on the \(x\)-axis, enumerated in the natural order \(x_1 < x_2 < \cdots < x_n.\) Milnor's invariants classify string links up to link-homotopy, see \textit{N. Habegger} and \textit{X.-S. Lin} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 3, No. 2, 389-419 (1990; Zbl 0704.57016)]. In the paper under review the author deduces skein relations for Milnor's \(\mu\)-invariants of string links.

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