STUDYING SURFACES VIA CLOSED BRAIDS

DOI10.1142/S0218216598000176zbMath0907.57006arXivmath/9804028OpenAlexW1993336710MaRDI QIDQ4400444

Joan S. Birman, Elizabeth Finkelstein

Publication date: 30 September 1998

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9804028

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braidsfoliationsincompressible surfaces

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