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Resolution depth of positive braids.

Authors :
Kaplan, Elliot
Krcatovich, David
O'Brien, Patricia
Source :
Journal of Knot Theory & Its Ramifications. Dec2015, Vol. 24 Issue 14, p-1. 12p.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The depth of a link measures the minimum height of a resolving tree for the link whose leaves are all unlinks. We show that the depth of the closure of a strictly positive braid word is the length of the word minus the number of distinct letters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02182165
Volume :
24
Issue :
14
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Knot Theory & Its Ramifications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
111728167
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216515500753