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Topology of words
Author(s) -
Turaev Vladimir
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
proceedings of the london mathematical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.899
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1460-244X
pISSN - 0024-6115
DOI - 10.1112/plms/pdm014
Subject(s) - mathematics , topology (electrical circuits) , combinatorics
We introduce a topological approach to words. Words are approximated by Gauss words and then studied up to modifications inspired by homotopy of plane curves.