On the structure of the centralizer of a braid

Annales Scientifiques de l'Ecole Normale Superieure

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 729-757

  González Meneses, Juan ^a   Wiest, Bert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 10644292369     PISSN: 00129593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ansens.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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