@article{GT_2006_10_1_a12,
     author = {Birman, Joan S and Menasco, William W},
     title = {Stabilization in the braid groups {I:} {MTWS}},
     journal = {Geometry & topology},
     pages = {413--540},
     publisher = {mathdoc},
     volume = {10},
     number = {1},
     year = {2006},
     doi = {10.2140/gt.2006.10.413},
     url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/gt.2006.10.413/}
}