Milnor's Isotopy Invariants and Generalized Link Homotopy
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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 C_k-moves. A self C_k-move is a natural generalization of link homotopy based on certain degree k clasper surgeries, which provides a filtration of link homotopy classes.
7 pages, 5 figures (low resolution)
7 pages, 5 figures (low resolution)