On the structure of the centralizer of a braid
González-Meneses, Juan ; Wiest, Bert
Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure, Tome 37 (2004), p. 729-757 / Harvested from Numdam
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González-Meneses, Juan; Wiest, Bert. On the structure of the centralizer of a braid. Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure, Tome 37 (2004) pp. 729-757. doi : 10.1016/j.ansens.2004.04.002. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/ASENS_2004_4_37_5_729_0/

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