Embedded annuli and Jones' conjecture

DOI10.2140/agt.2014.14.3589zbMath1336.57012arXiv1302.1247OpenAlexW2027521449WikidataQ122905722 ScholiaQ122905722MaRDI QIDQ488581

William W. Menasco, Douglas J. Lafountain

Publication date: 26 January 2015

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.1247

zbMATH Keywords

linksbraidsquasipositive braidsbraid indexalgebraic braid lengthbraid fibrationbraid foliationsbraid stabilizationJones' conjecturetransverse links

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Embeddings and immersions in topological manifolds (57N35) Symplectic and contact topology in high or arbitrary dimension (57R17) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36)

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