The universal finite-type invariant for braids, with integer coefficients
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instance of: scholarly article
title: The universal finite-type invariant for braids, with integer coefficients
zbMATH Open document ID: 0987.57002
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-8641(01)00049-9
author: Ştefan Papadima
published in: Topology and its Applications
publication date: 2002-04-07T00:00:00Z
review text: The universal Vassiliev invariant of knots and links is a finite-type invariant with rational coefficients that was constructed by Kontsevich in order to unify the theory of invariants of knots and links in the three-sphere. The paper under review gives a simple and explicit construction of a universal finite type invariant with integer coefficients for braids. More precisely, it constructs a filtered map \(M\) from the group ring of the Artin braid group with \(n\) strings to a certain graded algebra inducing an isomorphism at the graded level. Although the idea of the existence of such an invariant follows naturally from the work of Kontsevich, the techniques used here are different. The proof of the main result of this paper is done in two main steps. The first step is based on a result of Quillen which establishes a strong connection between the \(I\)-adic filtration of an arbitrary group ring and the lower central series filtration of the group. The second step deals with the \(I\)-adic filtration of the group ring of the pure braid group.
reviewed by: Nafaa Chbili
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57M27
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F36
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 32S22
zbMATH DE Number: 1724931
zbMATH Keywords: finite-type invariants
zbMATH Keywords: links
zbMATH Keywords: pure braids
zbMATH Keywords: Vassiliev filtration
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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full work available at URL: s0166-8641(01)00049-9
OpenAlex ID: W2080749642
Wikidata QID: Q126671655
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