Braid group actions on left distributive structures, and well orderings in the braid groups

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-98

  Laver, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0030574919     PISSN: 00224049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-4049(95)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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