Alexander invariants of complex hyperplane arrangements

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 351, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4043-4067

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

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexander invariant; Arrangement, braid monodromy; Chen groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844456480     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-99-02206-0     Document Type: Article

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