Milnor ’ S Isotopy Invariants and Generalized Link
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It has long been known that a Milnor invariant with no repeated index is an invariant of link homotopy. We show that Milnor’s invariants with repeated indices are invariants not only of isotopy, but also of self Ck-moves. A self Ck-move is a natural generalization of link homotopy based on certain degree k clasper surgeries, which provides a filtration of link homotopy classes.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008