See also
Braid, Braid Group, Braid Word, Knot, Link
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References
Franks, J. and Williams, R. F. "Braids and the Jones Polynomial." Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 303, 97-108, 1987.Jones, V. F. R. "Hecke Algebra Representations of Braid Groups and Link Polynomials." Ann. Math. 126, 335-388, 1987.Ohyama, Y. "On the Minimal Crossing Number and the Brad Index of Links." Canad. J. Math. 45, 117-131, 1993.Yamada, S. "The Minimal Number of Seifert Circles Equals the Braid Index of a Link." Invent. Math. 89, 347-356, 1987.
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Braid Index." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BraidIndex.html