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Brunnian Braids on Surfaces

Geometric Topology 2010-04-13 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

We determine a set of generators for the Brunnian braids on a general surface MM for MS2M\not=S^2 or \RP2\RP^2. For the case M=S2M=S^2 or \RP2\RP^2, a set of generators for the Brunnian braids on MM is given by our generating set together with the homotopy groups of a 2-sphere.

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@article{arxiv.0909.3387,
  title  = {Brunnian Braids on Surfaces},
  author = {V. G. Bardakov and R. Mikhailov and V. V. Vershinin and J. Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3387},
  year   = {2010}
}

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44 pages

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