%0 Journal Article %A Birman, Joan S. %T On the Stable Equivalence of Plat Representations of Knots and Links %J Canadian journal of mathematics %D 1976 %P 264-290 %V 28 %N 2 %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.4153/CJM-1976-030-1/ %R 10.4153/CJM-1976-030-1 %F 10_4153_CJM_1976_030_1