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Arrangements in Boston: A Conference in Hyperplane Arrangements
June 12-15, 1999
Northeastern University
Boston, MA, USA

Organizers
Dan Cohen, David Massey, Alex Suciu

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The universal finite-type invariant for braids, with integer coefficients
by
Stefan Papadima
Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest

We give a simple explicit construction of the universal finite-type invariant for braids. Our construction works well for arbitrary coefficients. A key ingredient is provided by the properties of fundamental groups of fiber-type arrangements.

Date received: June 2, 1999

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