Polynomial Invariants are Polynomial
  We show that (as conjectured by Lin and Wang) when a Vassiliev invariant of type $m$ is evaluated on a knot projection having $n$ crossings, the result is bounded by a constant times $n^m$. Thus the well known analogy between Vassiliev invariants and polynomials justifies (well, at least {\em explains}) the odd title of this note. 
Dror Bar-Natan (http://www.ma.huji.ac.il/~drorbn)