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Finite rigid sets and homologically non-trivial spheres in the curve complex of a surface
Joan Birman, Nathan Broaddus, William Menasco
Aramayona and Leininger have provided a "finite rigid subset" of the curve complex of a surface , characterized by the fact that any si…
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Embedded annuli and Jones' conjecture
Douglas J. LaFountain, William W. Menasco
We show that after stabilizations of opposite parity and braid isotopy, any two braids in the same topological link type cobound embedded annuli. We use this to prove the generaliz…