1996/06/30 by Dror Bar-Natan, Bar-Natan, Dror
Computer Science · Mathematics · #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Quantum Algebra (math.QA) #semigroups and automata theory
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.q-alg/9606025
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We show that (as conjectured by Lin and Wang) when a Vassiliev invariant of type m is evaluated on a knot projection having n crossings, the result is bounded by a constant times nm. Thus the well known analogy between Vassiliev invariants and polynomials justifies (well, at least \em explains) the odd title of this note.