On braid monodromies of non-simple braided surfaces

DOI10.1017/S030500410007482XzbMath0864.57019OpenAlexW2106800964MaRDI QIDQ4892430

Seiichi Kamada

Publication date: 22 June 1997

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s030500410007482x

zbMATH Keywords

branched coveringbraided surfacesbraid isotopy

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