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Torsion in chord diagrams for 2-string links?

The abelian group of $k$-chord diagrams on a skeleton of two directed line segments (modulo the STU relation), $\mathcal A_k(\uparrow\uparrow)$, is known to have $2$-torsion when $k=5$. In fact, I ...
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Subalgebras and ideals of algebra of Vassiliev invariants

Let $\mathcal{K}$ be the commutative monoid whose elements are (isotopy) equivalence classes of knots with composition under the connected knot sum, and $\mathbb{Z}\mathcal{K}$ be the corresponding ...
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A cell complex constructed from singular knots

Let $\mathcal K_n$ be the set of all $n$-singular knots up to isotopy,i.e. an immersion of $S^1$ into $\mathbb R^3$ with $n$ transverse double points that is an embedding when restricted to the ...
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