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Algebraic and Geometric Topology 11 (2011) 2971-3010
Reducible braids and Garside theory
Juan Gonzalez-Meneses, Bert Wiest 1
(2011)

We show that reducible braids which are, in a Garside-theoretical sense, as simple as possible within their conjugacy class, are also as simple as possible in a geometric sense. More precisely, if a braid belongs to a certain subset of its conjugacy class which we call the stabilized set of sliding circuits, and if it is reducible, then its reducibility is geometrically obvious: it has a round or almost round reducing curve. Moreover, for any given braid, an element of its stabilized set of sliding circuits can be found using the well-known cyclic sliding operation. This leads to a polynomial time algorithm for deciding the Nielsen-Thurston type of any braid, modulo one well-known conjecture on the speed of convergence of the cyclic sliding operation.
1 :  Institut de Recherche Mathématique de Rennes (IRMAR)
CNRS : UMR6625 – Université de Rennes 1 – École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) : - RENNES – Université de Rennes II - Haute Bretagne
Géométrie analytique
Mathématiques/Topologie géométrique

Mathématiques/Théorie des groupes
braid group – Garside group – Nielsen-Thurston classification – algorithm
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http://fr.arXiv.org/abs/1008.0238