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The braid group injects in the virtual braid group

Geometric Topology 2020-08-25 v1

Abstract

The virtual braid groups are generalizations of the classical braid groups. This paper gives an elementary proof that the classical braid group injects into the virtual braid group over the same number of strands.

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@article{arxiv.2008.09631,
  title  = {The braid group injects in the virtual braid group},
  author = {Robin Gaudreau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.09631},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

12 pages, 12 figues, comments welcomed

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