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Bracelets and the Goussarov Filtration of the Space of Knots

Dror Bar-Natan

Geometry & Topology Monographs 4 (2002) 1–12

DOI: 10.2140/gtm.2002.4.1

Abstract

Following Goussarov’s paper “Interdependent Modifications of Links and Invariants of Finite Degree” [Topology 37 (1998) 595–602] we describe an alternative finite type theory of knots. While (as shown by Goussarov) the alternative theory turns out to be equivalent to the standard one, it nevertheless has its own share of intrinsic beauty.

In Memory of Mikhail Nikolaevitch Goussarov

Keywords

bracelets, interdependent modifications, Goussarov, Vassiliev

Mathematical Subject Classification

Primary: 57M27

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Received: 26 November 2001
Revised: 17 February 2002
Accepted: 22 July 2002
Published: 19 September 2002

Authors
Dror Bar-Natan
Department of Mathematics
University of Toronto
Toronto
Ontario M5S 3G3
Canada
http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/