2014/01/14 by Dehornoy, Patrick
#FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1401.3302
In connection with his interest in selfdistributive algebra, Richard Laver established two deep results with potential applications in low-dimensional topology, namely the existence of what is now known as the Laver tables and the well-foundedness of the standard ordering of positive braids. Here we present these results and discuss the way they could be used in topological applications.