2 papers
math.GT2017
Polynomial braid combing
Juan González-Meneses, Marithania Silvero
Braid combing is a procedure defined by Emil Artin to solve the word problem in braid groups for the first time. It is well-known to have exponential complexity. In this paper, we…
math.GT2015
Strongly quasipositive links with braid index 3 have positive Conway polynomial
Marithania Silvero
Strongly quasipositive links are those links which can be seen as closures of positive braids in terms of band generators. In this paper we give a necessary condition for a link wi…