Examples
The simplest nontrivial Vassiliev invariant of knots is given by the coefficient of the quadratic term of the Alexander–Conway polynomial. It is an invariant of order two. Modulo two, it is equal to the Arf invariant.
Any coefficient of the Kontsevich invariant is a finite type invariant.
The Milnor invariants are finite type invariants of string links.
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