Studying links via closed braids. I: A finiteness theorem

DOI10.2140/pjm.1992.154.17zbMath0724.57001MaRDI QIDQ757894

Joan S. Birman, William W. Menasco

Publication date: 1992

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.1992.154.17

zbMATH Keywords

fibration; braid group; complexity function; spanning surface; closed braid; oriented link type

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F36: Braid groups; Artin groups

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