Finite Type Link Concordance Invariants
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
This paper is a generalization of the author's previous work on link homotopy to link concordance. We show that the only real-valued finite type link concordance invariants are the linking numbers of the components.
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@article{arxiv.math/9904169,
title = {Finite Type Link Concordance Invariants},
author = {Blake Mellor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9904169},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
19 pages, many figures. Section 4 contained serious errors, and has been removed. To appear in The Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications