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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

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