Positive braids and Lorenz links

In this work a new foundation for the study of positive braids in Artin's braid groups is given. The basic braids considered are the set SBn of positive permutation braids, defined as those positive braids where each pair of arcs cross at most once. These are shown to be in 1-1 correspondence w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: El-Rifai, E. A.
Published: University of Liverpool 1988
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384365