New developments in the theory of Artin's braid groups (Q1868886)
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New developments in the theory of Artin's braid groups (English)
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28 April 2003
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The author reviews some recent developments in the theory of the Artin braid groups. In particular, he sketches the three different proofs of Dehornoy's theorem, which states that the Artin braid groups are right-orderable [see \textit{P. Dehornoy}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 345, No. 1, 115-150 (1994; Zbl 0837.20048)]. Also the Bigelow-Krammer theorem on the linearity of Artin braid groups is stated.
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braids
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braid groups
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mapping class groups
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knot theory
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