A prime decomposition theorem for the 2-string link monoid

DOI10.1142/S0218216515500054MaRDI QIDQ5248562zbMATH OpenFDO

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Publication date 8 May 2015

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.1594

zbMATH Keywords

braidsstring links

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36)

Abstract: In this paper we use 3-manifold techniques to illuminate the structure of the string link monoid. In particular, we give a prime decomposition theorem for string links on two components as well as give necessary conditions for string links to commute under the stacking operation.

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