TY - BOOK AU - Cochran,Tim D. TI - Derivatives of links: Milnor's concordance invariants and Massey's products T2 - Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, SN - 9781470408503 (online) AV - QA3QA612.2 .A57 no. 427 U1 - 510 s514/.224 20 PY - 1990/// CY - Providence, R.I., USA PB - American Mathematical Society KW - Link theory KW - Massey products KW - Cobordism theory N1 - "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 $\bar {\mu }$-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 $\bar {\mu }$-invariants; 9. Relations of the $\bar {\mu }$-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 $\bar {\mu }$-invariants; Access is restricted to licensed institutions; Electronic reproduction; Providence, Rhode Island; American Mathematical Society; 2012 UR - http://www.ams.org/memo/0427 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/memo/0427 ER -