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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