Braids and signatures

Bulletin de la Societe Mathematique de France

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-579

  Gambaudo, Jean Marc ^a   Ghys, Étienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNITÉ DE MATHÉMATIQUES PURES ET APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Knots; Links; Maslov class; Meyer cocycle; Signature

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544296822     PISSN: 00379484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24033/bsmf.2496     Document Type: Article

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