2 papers
math.GT2002
Obstructions to trivializing a knot
Joan S. Birman, John A. Moody
The recent proof by Bigelow and Krammer that the braid groups are linear opens the possibility of applications to the study of knots and links. It was proved by the first author an…
math.RA2001
On Resolving Singularities
John Atwell Moody
Let V be an irreducible affine algebraic variety over a field k of characteristic zero, and let (f_0,...,f_m) be a sequence of elements of the coordinate ring. There is probably no…