English

The Braid Shelf

Group Theory 2018-02-09 v2

Abstract

The braids of B_B\_\infty can be equipped with a selfdistributive operation \mathbin{\triangleright} enjoying a number of deep properties. This text is a survey of known properties and open questions involving this structure, its quotients, and its extensions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1711.09794,
  title  = {The Braid Shelf},
  author = {Patrick Dehornoy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.09794},
  year   = {2018}
}
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