A New Approach to the Word and Conjugacy
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Joan Birman; Ki Hyoung Ko; Sang Jin Lee
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A new presentation of the n-string braid group B n is studied. Using it, a new solution to the word problem in B n is obtained which retains most of the desirable features of the Garside Thurston solution, and at the same time makes possible certain computational improvements. We also give a related