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Milnor numbers, Spanning Trees, and the Alexander-Conway Polynomial
Gregor Masbaum, Arkady Vaintrob
We study relations between the Alexander-Conway polynomial and Milnor higher linking numbers of links from the point of view of finite-type (Vassiliev) invariants. We gi…
math.CO2001
A New Matrix-Tree Theorem
Gregor Masbaum, Arkady Vaintrob
The classical Matrix-Tree Theorem allows one to list the spanning trees of a graph by monomials in the expansion of the determinant of a certain matrix. We prove that in the case o…