The Kontsevich Integral

@article{Chmutov2001TheKI,
  title={The Kontsevich Integral},
  author={Sergei Chmutov and Sergei Duzhin},
  journal={Acta Applicandae Mathematica},
  year={2001},
  volume={66},
  pages={155-190}
}
The paper contains a detailed exposition of the construction and properties of the Kontsevich integral invariant, crucial in the study of Vassiliev knot invariants. 
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