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Analogues of the braid group

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Groups — Korea 1983

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Johnson, D.L. (1984). Analogues of the braid group. In: Kim, A.C., Neumann, B.H. (eds) Groups — Korea 1983. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1098. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0099662

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