The \(n\)th root of a braid is unique up to conjugacy.

DOI10.2140/agt.2003.3.1103zbMath1063.20041arXivmath/0306070MaRDI QIDQ1880607

Juan González-Meneses

Publication date: 30 September 2004

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0306070

zbMATH Keywords

conjugacy; braid groups; Nielsen-Thurston theory; unique roots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F65: Geometric group theory

20F36: Braid groups; Artin groups

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