Braid Groups of the Sun Graph
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In this article we calculate the n-string braid groups of certain non-contractible graphs. We use techniques from the work of A. Abrams, F. Connolly and M. Doig combined with Van Kampen's Theorem to prove these results.
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@article{arxiv.math/0508380,
title = {Braid Groups of the Sun Graph},
author = {Alice Neels and Stephen Privitera},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0508380},
year = {2007}
}
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10 pages, 4 figures