Milnor’s 𝜇̄-invariants and Massey products

Porter, Richard

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1980-0549154-9

Milnor’s $\bar \mu$-invariants and Massey products

Author: Richard Porter
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 257 (1980), 39-71
MSC: Primary 57Q45; Secondary 55S30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1980-0549154-9
MathSciNet review: 549154
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Abstract: The main result of this paper gives an interpretation of Milnor’s $\overline \mu$-invariants of a link in terms of Massey products in the complement of the link. The approach presented here can be used to give topological proofs of results about the $\overline \mu$-invariants obtained by Milnor using different methods.

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