Notes for AKT-090917-1/0:20:08

Def: Knot invariant $V$ is of Vassiliev type $m$ if $V^{m+1}=0$ (on the whole space of $m+1$-singular knots) Notation: we drop the superscript in $V^{(m)}$ since for each $m$, $V^{(m)}$ is only defined for $m$-singular knots.