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Artin braids and the groups and spaces connected with them

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Papers on braid theory and some of its generalization and applications, reviewed in Referativnyi Zhurnal “Matematika” during 1953–1977, as well as individual papers on an earlier period, are surveyed.

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Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Algebra, Topologiya, Geometriya, Vol. 17, pp. 159–227, 1979.

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Lin, V.Y. Artin braids and the groups and spaces connected with them. J Math Sci 18, 736–788 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091963

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