Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4661439 | Topology and its Applications | 2007 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
Various topological objects; 2-dimensional braids, braided surfaces, Lefschetz fibrations of 4-manifolds, algebraic curves, etc., can be treated by their monodromy representations. We introduce a graphical method, called the chart description method, to describe and calculate such monodromy representations. This method is, in a sense, a generalization of the picture method.
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