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The concept of homotopy of braids can be traced back to the seminal work of Artin [Ar2]. Before we peruse its exact nature, we would like in this section to introduce informally the notion of homotopy of braids.
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Murasugi, K., Kurpita, B.I. (1999). Homotopy braid theory. In: A Study of Braids. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 484. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9319-9_7
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