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Birman-Ko-Lee Left Canonical Form and its Applications

Geometric Topology 2023-04-04 v1 General Topology

Abstract

Using Birman, Ko, and Lee's left canonical form of a braid, we characterize almost strongly quasipositive braids and give estimates of the fractional Dehn twist coefficient.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2304.00064,
  title  = {Birman-Ko-Lee Left Canonical Form and its Applications},
  author = {Michele Capovilla-Searle and Keiko Kawamuro and Rebecca Sorsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.00064},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

47 pages, 21 figures

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