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Knots in Washington XX; 60th birthday of Louis H. Kauffman
February 11-13, 2005
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Sofia Lambropoulou (NTUA and Univ. de Caen), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU)

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The algebraic crossing number of closed braids
by
Keiko Kawamuro
Columbia University

I will show: If B_1 and B_2 are braid representatives of a knot type with the minimal braid index, then they have the same algebraic crossing number.

Date received: February 3, 2005

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