Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4659755 Topology and its Applications 2012 14 Pages PDF
Abstract

We express a basis for the vector space of finite type invariants of order less than or equal to three for an embedded handcuff graph in a 3-sphere in terms of the linking number, the Conway polynomial, and the Jones polynomial of the sublinks of the handcuff graph.

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