3 citations · 6 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
math.GT2005
The topology of 3-manifolds, Heegaard distance and the mapping class group of a 2-manifold
Joan S. Birman
This article is the author's contribution to the volume "Problems on mapping class groups and related topics" which will be published in December 2006, with Benson Farb as Editor.…
math.GT2004★ 3 cited
Braids: A Survey
Joan S. Birman, Tara E. Brendle
This article is about Artin's braid group and its role in knot theory. We set ourselves two goals: (i) to provide enough of the essential background so that our review would be acc…
math.GT2004★ 3 cited
Braids, knots and contact structures
Joan S. Birman
These notes were prepared to supplement the talk that I gave on Feb 19, 2004, at the First East Asian School of Knots and Related Topics, Seoul, South Korea. In this article I revi…