W. Menasco

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most citedStabilization in the braid groups II: Transversal simplicity of knots

72 citations · 234 across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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math.GT2012★ 6 cited

The curve complex has dead ends

Joan S. Birman, William W. Menasco

It is proved that the curve graph $C^{1} (Σ)$ of a surface $Σ_{g, n}$ has a local pathology that had not been identified as such: there are vertices $α, β$ in $C^{1} (Σ)$ such that $β$ is…

math.GT2012

Recognizing destabilization, exchange moves and flypes

William W. Menasco

The Markov Theorem Without Stabilization (MTWS) established the existence of a calculus of braid isotopies that can be used to move between closed braid representatives of a given…