Dear Professor Bar-Natan,

I regret to inform you that your paper

   A perturbed-Alexander invariant

has been rejected by Geometry & Topology.  The reports we received for this submission all acknowledged that the paper contains interesting constructions and ideas. Yet the same reports also pointed out that in terms of novelty this submission does not reach the current level of G&T.  As it was phrased in one of the reports: "Given the style and strong emphasis on code examples, I think the paper would be suitable for another journal, such as Experimental Mathematics, for instance." Another expert wrote: "From a purely computational/algorithmic perspective, this paper has intriguing aspects but is not G&T level."  A third opinion: "In general the paper is written in an idiosyncratic, somewhat informal style, which makes it harder to digest than it needs to be, and difficult to recommend to a wider audience. Overall, my opinion is that while it has several positive aspects, it would be something of a stretch to publish this paper in Geometry & Topology, as it stands." After some discussion, the Editorial Board agreed with these assessments and decided to reject the submission.

On behalf of the editorial board I would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider this paper for Geometry & Topology and wish you the best with finding a suitable journal.

Sincerely