Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 14, issue 3 (2014)

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Abelian quotients of the string link monoid

Jean-Baptiste Meilhan and Akira Yasuhara

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 14 (2014) 1461–1488

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2014.14.1461

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