Simple Braids
Geometric Topology
2010-04-01 v1 Group Theory
Abstract
We study a subset of square free positive braids and we give a few algebraic characterizations of them and one geometric characterization: the set of positive braids whose closures are unlinks. We describe canonical forms of these braids and of their conjugacy classes.
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@article{arxiv.1003.6014,
title = {Simple Braids},
author = {Rehana Ashraf and Barbu Berceanu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.6014},
year = {2010}
}
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18 pages, 4 figures