• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.445-454
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• 2010

The braid group $B_n$ maps homomorphically into the Temperley-Lieb algebra $TL_n$. It was shown by Zinno that the homomorphic images of simple elements arising from the dual presentation of the braid group $B_n$ form a basis for the vector space underlying the Temperley-Lieb algebra $TL_n$. In this paper, we establish that there is a dual presentation of Temperley-Lieb algebras that corresponds to the dual presentation of braid groups, and then give a simple geometric proof for Zinno's theorem, using the interpretation of simple elements as non-crossing partitions.