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Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 567–575, April, 1981.
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Zil'berg, A.L., Matveev, S.V. Relations in the homeotropy group of a complete pretzel and the group of plat braids. Mathematical Notes of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 29, 290–295 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01343538
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