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On the first two Vassiliev invariants

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

The values that the first two Vassiliev invariants take on prime knots with up to fourteen crossings are considered. This leads to interesting fish-like graphs. Several results about the values taken on torus knots are proved.

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@article{arxiv.math/0104061,
  title  = {On the first two Vassiliev invariants},
  author = {Simon Willerton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0104061},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11 pages, 13 figures