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This chapter gives a quick introduction to our main subject, namely the connection between braids and self-distributive operations. Our presentation is based on the concrete idea of colouring the strands of a braid, and left selfdistributivity arises as a natural compatibility condition. At this early stage, some of the constructions may look artificial or strange: it will be one of the aims of the subsequent chapters, in particular in Part B of this book, to explain them and hopefully make all of them natural.
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Dehornoy, P. (2000). Braids vs. Self-Distributive Systems. In: Braids and Self-Distributivity. Progress in Mathematics, vol 192. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8442-6_1
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