Link-homotopy Invariants of Finite Type

arXivmath/0012095MaRDI QIDQ6470801FDOQ6470801

Xiao-Song Lin

Publication date: 12 December 2000

Abstract: An explicit polynomial in the linking numbers $l_{ij}$ and Milnor's triple linking numbers $mu(rst)$ on six component links is shown to be a well-defined finite type link-homotopy invariant. This solves a problem raised by B. Mellor and D. Thurston. An extension of our construction also produces a finite type link invariant which detects the invertibility for some links.

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