Braid monodromy and topology of plane curves. (English) Zbl 1058.14053
The authors prove that the braid monodromy of an affine plane curve determines the topology of the related projective curves.
Reviewer: Mina Teicher (Ramat Gan)
MSC:
| 14H50 | Plane and space curves |
| 14D05 | Structure of families (Picard-Lefschetz, monodromy, etc.) |
| 14H30 | Coverings of curves, fundamental group |
| 20F36 | Braid groups; Artin groups |
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