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Cochran, Tim D., 1955-

Derivatives of links : Milnor's concordance invariants and Massey's products / [electronic resource] Tim D. Cochran. - Providence, R.I., USA : American Mathematical Society, c1990. - 1 online resource (ix, 73 p. : ill.) - Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, v. 427 0065-9266 (print); 1947-6221 (online); . - Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society ; no. 427. .

"Volume 84, number 427 (end of volume)."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-73).

1. Higher-order linking numbers 2. Derived links, derived linkings, and surface systems 3. Derived links and the lower-central series 4. Computing $G/G_n$: The geometric rewrite 5. Calculating Minor's $\bar $-invariants using the geometric rewrite 6. Formal Massey products and surface systems 7. Antiderivatives and realizability 8. The effects of Bing-Doubling and band-sum on the $\bar $-invariants 9. Relations of the $\bar $-invariants with various notions of cobordism and with Orr's invariants 10. Cobordism classification and realization 11. Questions and problems Appendix A. Construction Seifert surfaces for links Appendix B. Invariant $n$-linkings and their corresponding $\bar $-invariants

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Electronic reproduction.
Providence, Rhode Island :
American Mathematical Society.
2012


Mode of access : World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781470408503 (online)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Link theory.
Massey products.
Cobordism theory.

LC Class. No.: QA3 QA612.2 / .A57 no. 427

Dewey Class. No.: 510 s 514/.224