A note on closed 3-braids

Joan S. Birman; William W. Menasco

doi:10.1142/S0219199708003150

A note on closed 3-braids

Joan S. Birman
, William W. Menasco

Mathematics

Columbia University

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Abstract

This is a review article about knots and links of braid index 3. Its goal is to gather together, in one place, some of the tools that are special to knots and links of braid index 3, in a form that could be useful for those who have a need to calculate, and need to know precisely all the exceptional cases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1033-1047
Number of pages	15
Journal	Communications in Contemporary Mathematics
Volume	10
Issue number	SUPPL. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219199708003150
State	Published - Nov 2008

Keywords

3-braids
Braids
Flypes
Transversally simple

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