2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/153573We show that (as conjectured by Lin and Wang) when a Vassiliev invariant of type $m$ is evaluated on a knot projection having $n$ crossings, the result is bounded by a constant times $n^m$. Thus the well known analogy between Vassiliev invariants and polynomials justifies (well, at least {\em explains}) the odd title of this note.AMSLaTeX+epic.sty+eepic.sty, 7 pagesQuantum AlgebraPolynomial Invariants are Polynomialtext