Studying surfaces via closed braids

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-334

  Birman, Joan S ^a   Finkelstein, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0032385025     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216598000176     Document Type: Article

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