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A GEOMETRIC PROOF THAT THE SINGULAR BRAID GROUP IS TORSION FREE

MERCEDES JORDAN-SANTANA

MERCEDES JORDAN-SANTANA

CIMAT, Jalisco S/N, Col. Valenciana, 36420, Guanajuato, México

ICTP, Mathematics Section, Strada Costeira 11, 34014, Trieste, Italy

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216507005634Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this paper combinatorial means and results from bands in singular braids are used to prove that the singular braid group is torsion free.

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AMSC: 20F36

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Vol. 16, No. 08

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Accepted 8 June 2006

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