Calculation of the Casson-Walker-Lescop invariant from chord diagrams

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Department of Mathematics, Osaka City University, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558, Japan

Vassiliev invariant, chord diagram, Kontsevich integral, Casson-Walker-Lescop invariant

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