On Finite Type 3-manifold invariants IV: Comparison of Definitions
q-alg
2008-02-03 v2 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
This paper compares the definitions of finite-type invariants due to Ohtsuki and to Garoufalidis, showing that, residually, type 3m of the former equals type m of the latter. It also shows that type 2m Ohtsuki invariants define knot invariants of type 3m (first proved by Habegger).
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@article{arxiv.q-alg/9509028,
title = {On Finite Type 3-manifold invariants IV: Comparison of Definitions},
author = {Stavros Garoufalidis and Jerome Levine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-alg/9509028},
year = {2008}
}
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13 pages, Postscript