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This monoid contains the braid group \\({\\mathbf B}_n\\) as its submonoid of units. A conjecture attributed to Birman states that the monoid homomorphism \\(\\eta\\) from \\(\\mathbf{ SB}_n\\) to the integral group ring \\({\\mathbb Z}{\\mathbf B}_n\\) of \\({\\mathbf B}_n\\), defined by \\(\\eta(\\sigma_i) = \\sigma_i\\) and \\(\\eta(\\tau_i)= \\sigma_i - \\sigma_i^{-1}\\), is injective.    The main result in this paper is a proof of the validity of Birman's conjecture for the special case where \\(n=3\\) holds. This is achieved by considering the map \\(\\psi:\\mathbf{SB}_n \\to {\\mathbb Z}{\\mathbf B}_n\\) defined by \\(\\psi(\\sigma_i^{\\pm}) = \\sigma_i^{\\pm}\\) and \\(\\psi(\\tau_i) = \\sigma_i + \\sigma_i^{-1}\\), which is shown to be injective if and only if \\(\\eta\\) is injective. In particular, a key result (Theorem 3) -- whose proof uses an extension of Artin's combing process -- states that if \\(F,G \\in \\mathbf{SB}_n\\) have all their double points on one strand and \\(\\psi(F) = \\psi(G)\\) holds, then \\(F=G\\) holds as well. This is subsequently used to give a combinatorial/geometrical argument involving double points for why the map \\(\\psi\\) is injective in case \\(n=3\\) holds. 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