Band-generator presentation for the 4-braid group

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 39-60

  Kang, Eun Sook ^a   Ko, Ki Hyoung ^b   Lee, Sang Jin ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

4 braid; Band generator; Conjugacy problem; Shortest word problem; Word problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002642275     PISSN: 0016660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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