On the singular braid monoid
Group Theory
2012-02-20 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
Garside's results and the existense of the greedy normal form for braids are shown to be true for the singular braid monoid. An analogue of the presentation of J. S. Birman, K. H. Ko and S. J. Lee for the braid group is also obtained for this monoid.
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@article{arxiv.math/0309339,
title = {On the singular braid monoid},
author = {V. V. Vershinin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0309339},
year = {2012}
}
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12 pages, 7 figures