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Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference
March 21-23, 2002
University of Texas
Austin, TX, USA

Organizers
Cameron Gordon, John Luecke, Alan Reid

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Geodesic Growth of the Braid Group on Three Strands and a Related Group
by
Lucas Sabalka
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Coauthors: Drs. John Meakin and Susan Hermiller (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

In this talk I will discuss the geodesic growth series of the braid group on three strands, B3 = < a, b|aba=bab > . I will also discuss the geodesic growth series of a closely related group, G3 = < a, b|aba=bab, a2b2=b2a2 > .

Date received: March 1, 2002

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