%0 Journal Article %A Birman, Joan S %A Menasco, William W %T Stabilization in the braid groups I: MTWS %J Geometry & topology %D 2006 %P 413-540 %V 10 %N 1 %I mathdoc %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/gt.2006.10.413/ %R 10.2140/gt.2006.10.413 %F GT_2006_10_1_a12