On grid diagrams, braids and Markov moves

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42). === Grid diagrams are essential in the new combinatorial version [MOST07] of the Heegaard Floer knot homology, and proving that these homologies are actually knot and link invariants depends on knowing that two grid diagrams rep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ayivor, Audry F
Other Authors: Gay, David T
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12164