LENS KNOTS, PERIODIC LINKS AND VASSILIEV INVARIANTS.

In this paper, we study lens knots and periodic knots by using integral Vassiliev invariants. Knot polynomials such as the Jones, HOMFLY, Kauffman polynomials give infinitely many integral Vassiliev invariants and we get some necessary conditions for a link to be a lens knot or a periodic link by using these polynomial invariants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]