Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 19, issue 2 (2019)

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Least dilatation of pure surface braids

Marissa Loving

Appendix: Marissa Loving and Hugo Parlier

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 19 (2019) 941–964

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2019.19.941

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