The braid monodromy of plane algebraic curves and hyperplane arrangements

Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-315

  Cohen, Daniel C ^a   Suciu, Alexander I ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Braid group; Braid monodromy; Fundamental group; Hyperplane arrangement; Intersection lattice; Plane curve; Polynomial cover; Wiring diagram

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031446078     PISSN: 00102571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000140050017     Document Type: Article

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