New developments in the theory of Artin's braid groups

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 77-90

  Rolfsen, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Braid; Braid group; Knot theory; Mapping class group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037674679     PISSN: 01668641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-8641(02)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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