Closures of positive braids and the Morton-Franks-Williams inequality

DOI10.1016/j.topol.2014.06.008zbMath1298.57013arXiv1308.1250OpenAlexW2033297128WikidataQ59275287 ScholiaQ59275287MaRDI QIDQ2252593

Pedro M. González Manchón, Juan González-Meneses

Publication date: 18 July 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.1250

zbMATH Keywords

linksbraid indexpositive braidsMorton-Franks-Williams inequalityhomflypt polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36)

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