Studying links via closed braids. IV: Composite links and split links
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Publication:923430
DOI10.1007/BF01233423zbMath0711.57006OpenAlexW4235050535MaRDI QIDQ923430
Joan S. Birman, William W. Menasco
Publication date: 1990
Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/143830
braid indexcomposite braidcomposite linksexchange movesnumber of stringspresentation of links as closed braidssplit links
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