A Faithful Representation of the Singular Braid Monoid on Three Strands

Knot polynomials and Vassiliev's invariants

Joan S. Birman, Xiao-Song Lin · Inventiones mathematicae · 1993 · 427 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Topology +7

A New Approach to the Word and Conjugacy Problems in the Braid Groups

Joan S. Birman, Ki Hyoung Ko, Sangjin Lee · Advances in Mathematics · 1998 · 394 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics +13

New points of view in knot theory

Joan S. Birman · Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society · 1993 · 331 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algebra +15

Studying links via closed braids. III. Classifying links which are closed 3-braids

Joan S. Birman, William W. Menasco · Pacific Journal of Mathematics · 1993 · 134 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Combinatorics +12

Link invariants of finite type and perturbation theory

John C. Baez · Letters in Mathematical Physics · 1992 · 121 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +15