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This book is based on a graduate course taught by the author at the University of Maryland. The work falls into two strands: first the elementary theory of Artin Braid groups is developed and the link between knot theory and the combinatorics of braid groups is discussed through Markov's theorem; this is followed by an investigation of polynomial maps.Hansen, Vagn Lundsgaard is the author of 'Braids and Coverings Selected Topics' with ISBN 9780521387576 and ISBN 0521387574.
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