Wheels, wheeling, and the Kontsevich integral of the unknot

Israel Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 119, Issue , 2000, Pages 217-237

  Bar Natan, Dror ^a   Garoufalidis, Stavros ^b,e   Rozansky, Lev ^c,f   Thurston, Dylan P ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038479630     PISSN: 00212172     EISSN: 15658511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02810669     Document Type: Article

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