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The curve complex has dead ends
Joan S. Birman, William W. Menasco
It is proved that the curve graph of a surface has a local pathology that had not been identified as such: there are vertices in such that 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…