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Finite-type invariants of w-knotted objects, I: w-knots and the Alexander polynomial

Dror Bar-Natan and Zsuzsanna Dancso

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 16 (2016) 1063–1133

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2016.16.1063

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