Band-generator presentation for the 4-braid group

DOI10.1016/S0166-8641(96)00148-4zbMath0879.57005OpenAlexW1972077805MaRDI QIDQ1361367

Eun Sook Kang, Ki Hyoung Ko, Sang Jin Lee

Publication date: 25 January 1998

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0166-8641(96)00148-4

zbMATH Keywords

word problemconjugacy problem4-braidband-generatorshortest word problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05)

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