Stabilization in the braid groups. I: MTWS

DOI10.2140/gt.2006.10.413zbMath1128.57003arXivmath/0310279OpenAlexW3100313322MaRDI QIDQ2501688

William W. Menasco, Joan S. Birman

Publication date: 11 September 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0310279

zbMATH Keywords

stabilizationknotlinksbraidsMarkov's theorembraid foliationsflypesexchange moves

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