Extraspecial 2-groups and images of braid group representations

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-427

  Franko, Jennifer M ^a   Rowell, Eric C ^a   Wang, Zhenghan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arf invariant; Braid group; Extraspecial 2 group; Temperley Lieb algebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646189849     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216506004580     Document Type: Article

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