Abstract
The theory of link-homotopy, introduced by Milnor, is an important part of the knot theory, with Milnor’s –invariants being the basic set of link-homotopy invariants. Skein relations for knot and link invariants played a crucial role in the recent developments of knot theory. However, while skein relations for Alexander and Jones invariants are known for quite a while, a similar treatment of Milnor’s –invariants was missing. We fill this gap by deducing simple skein relations for link-homotopy –invariants of string links.
Citation
Michael Polyak. "Skein relations for Milnor's $\mu$-invariants." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 5 (4) 1471 - 1479, 2005. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2005.5.1471
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