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KNOTS in WASHINGTON XV (2nd Japan-USA Workshop in Knot Theory)
January 10-15, 2003
George Washington University and Johns Hopkins University
Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD, USA

Organizers
Kazuaki Kobayashi, Jozef H. Przytycki, Yongwu Rong, Shin-ichi Suzuki, Kouki Taniyama, Tatsuya Tsukamoto, Akira Yasuhara

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Approximation of the coefficients of the HOMFLYPT polynomial by Vassiliev invariants
by
Laure Helme-Guizon

A well-known conjecture states that any knot invariant is the pointwise limit of a sequence of Vassiliev invariants. This talk will prove that it is true in the special of the coefficients of the HOMFLYPT polynomial.

Date received: January 11, 2003

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