The Rasmussen invariant and the Milnor conjecture

Benjamin Audoux[1]

  • [1] Aix Marseille Université, I2M, UMR 7373, 13453 Marseille, France

Winter Braids Lecture Notes (2014)

  • Volume: 1, page 1-19
  • ISSN: ?? -

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These notes were written for a series of lectures on the Rasmussen invariant and the Milnor conjecture, given at Winter Braids IV in February 2014.

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Audoux, Benjamin. "The Rasmussen invariant and the Milnor conjecture." Winter Braids Lecture Notes 1 (2014): 1-19. <http://eudml.org/doc/275775>.

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