Linking number and Milnor invariants

2018/12/08 by Jean–Baptiste Meilhan, Meilhan, Jean-Baptiste · 2 citations
Mathematics · #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1812.03319

Abstract

This is a concise overview of the definitions and properties of the linking number and its higher-order generalization, Milnor invariants.

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