Publications:

1. On the root classes of a mapping, Acta Math. Sinica (N.S.) 2(1986), no. 3, pp. 199-206.

2. On the (A,B)-slice problem, with Michael Freedman, Topology 28(1989), no. 1, pp. 91-110.

3. The classification of links up to link-homotopy, with Nathan Habegger, Jour. of Amer. Math. Soc. 3(1990), no. 2, pp. 389-419.
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4. Null k-cobordant links in , Comm. Math. Helv. 66(1991), no 3, pp. 333-339.

5. A knot invariant via representation spaces, Jour. of Diff. Geom. 35(1992), no. 2, pp. 337-357.

6. Knot polynomials and Vassiliev's invariants, with Joan Birman, Invent. Math. 111(1993), no. 3, pp. 225-270.

7. Finite type link invariants of 3-manifolds, Topology 33(1994), no. 1, pp. 45-71.

8. Power series expansions and invariants of links, The Proceedings of 1993 Georgia International Topology Conference, Geometric Topology (ed. William Kazez), AMS/IP Studies in Adv. Math., Vol. 2, 1997, pp. 184-202.
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9. Integral geometry of plane curves and knot invariants, with Zhenghan Wang, Jour. of Diff. Geom. 44(1996), no. 1, pp. 74-95.
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10. Finite type invariants of integral homology 3-spheres: A survey, The Proceedings of 1995 Warsaw Workshop in Knot Theory, Banach Center Publications, vol. 42, 1998, pp 205-220.
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11. Knot energies and knot invariants, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 9(1998), no. 4/5, pp. 645-655 .
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12. Vassiliev knot invariants induced from finite type 3-manifold invariants, with Matt Greenwood, Trans. of Amer. Math. Soc. 351(1999), no 9, pp. 3659--3672.
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13. Finite type link invariants and the invertibility of links, Math. Res. Letters 3(1996), no. 3, pp. 405-417.
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14. Burau representation and random walks on string links, with Feng Tian and Zhenghan Wang, Pacific Jour. of Math. 182(1998), no. 2, pp. 289--302.
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15. On link concordance and Milnor's -invariants, with Nathan Habegger, Bulletin of London Math. Soc. 30(1998), pp. 419-428.
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16. The HOMFLY polynomial for links in rational homology 3-spheres, with Efstratia Kalfagianni, Topology 38(1998), no. 1, pp. 95-115.
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17. Milnor and finite type invariants of plat-closures, with Efstratia Kalfagianni, Math. Res. Letters 5(1998), pp. 293-304.
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18. On Ohtsuki's invariants of integral homology 3-spheres, with Zhenghan Wang, Acta Math. Sinica (Series B) 15(1999), no. 3, pp. 293--316.
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19. Random walk on knot diagrams, colored Jones polynomial and Ihara-Selberg zeta function, with Zhenghan Wang, Proceedings of the Birmanfest, AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, vol. 24, 2001, pp. 107--121.
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20. Fermat limit and congruence of Ohtsuki invariants, with Zhenghan Wang, Proceedings of the Kirbyfest, Geometry and Topology Monographs, vol. 2, 1999, pp. 321--333.
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21. Melvin-Morton conjecture: a survey, Proceedings of ICCM 98, AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, vol. 20, 2001, pp. 315--323.
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22. Subspaces of knot spaces, with Craig Benham and David Miller, Proc. of Amer. Math. Soc. 129 (2001), no. 10, pp. 3121--3127.
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23. Achirality of knots and links, with Boju Jiang, Shicheng Wang, and Ying-Qing Wu, Topology and Its Applications 119(2002), no. 2, pp. 185-208.
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24. Off-center reflection: caustics and chaos, with Thomas Kwok-Keung Au, Experimental Mathematics 10(2001), no. 2, pp. 287--301.
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25. Representations of knot groups and twisted Alexander polynomials , Acta Math. Sinica (Series B) 17(2001), no. 3, pp. 361--380.
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26. Quantum morphing and the Jones polynomial, with Oliver Dasbach and Thang D. Le, Communications in Mathematical Physics 224(2001), no. 2, pp. 427--442.
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27. The Bennequin number of n-trivial closed n-braids is negative, with Oliver Dasbach, Mathematics Research Letters 8(2001), pp. 629--635.
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28. Finite type link-homotopy invariants, l'Enseignement Mathematique 47(2001), pp. 315--327.
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29. Vassiliev invariants and the cubical knot complex, with Ilya Kofman, Topology 42(2003), no. 1, pp. 83--101.
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30. On the bridge number of knot diagrams with minimal crossings, with Jae-Wook Chung, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 137(2004), no. 3, pp. 617--632.
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31. Knot adjacency and satellites, with Efstratia Kalfagianni, Topology and Its Applications 138(2004), no. 1-3, pp. 207--217.
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32. Colored Coalescent Theory, with Jianjun Tian, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Supplement Volume 2005, pp. 833--845.

Books:

1. Knots, Braids, and Mapping Class Groups--Papers Dedicated to Joan S. Birman , edited with : Jane Gilman and William W. Menasco, AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Volume 24 (2002), American Mathematical Society and International Press.

Recently Submitted Preprints:

1. Knot adjacency, genus and essential tori, with Efstratia Kalfagianni.
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Some Unpublished Manuscripts:

1. Markov theorems for links in 3-manifolds, 1989. Unpublished.
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2. Vertex models, quantum groups and Vassiliev's knot invariant, 1991. Unpublished.
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3. Knot invariant and iterated intergrals, 1994. Unpublished.
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4. Invariants of Legendrian knots, 1995. Unpublished.
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5. Regular Seifert surfaces and Vassiliev knot invariants, with Efstratia Kalfagianni.
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