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Quasipositive braids and connected sums

Geometric Topology 2024-12-03 v3

Abstract

We prove that the connected sum of two links is quasipositive if and onlyif each summand is quasipositive. The prove is based on the filling disk technique

Cite

@article{arxiv.1906.03454,
  title  = {Quasipositive braids and connected sums},
  author = {S. Yu. Orevkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.03454},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

5 pages. In v3 the numbering of theorems, lemmas etc. is changed according to the published version. No other difference between v2 and v3

R2 v1 2026-06-23T09:47:45.182Z