Braids, Links, and Mapping Class Groups. (AM-82)

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DOI10.1515/9781400881420zbMath0305.57013OpenAlexW2488883109MaRDI QIDQ4061704

Joan S. Birman

Publication date: 1975

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400881420



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