On the Cohomology of Spaces of Links and Braids via Configuration Space Integrals
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https://doi.org/10.5644/SJM.06.2.09Keywords:
Bott-Taubes integrals, configuration space integrals, spaces of links, finite type invariants, Fulton-MacPherson compactificationAbstract
We study the cohomology of spaces of string links and braids in...
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary: 57M27; Secondary: 81Q30, 57R40
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