\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{braids} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.4, every node/.style={scale=0.4}] \pic[ rotate=90, line width=1.5pt, braid/control factor=0, braid/nudge factor=0, braid/gap=0.11, braid/number of strands = 4, name prefix=braid, ] at (-0.25,0) {braid={ s_3^{-1} s_2^{-1} s_1^{-1}-s_3^{-1} s_2^{-1} s_1^{-1}-s_3^{-1} s_2^{-1} s_1^{-1}-s_3^{-1} s_2^{-1} s_1^{-1} 111 111111111 }}; \draw[dashed,draw=black, very thick, fill=white] (10-0.5,0-0.25) rectangle ++(2,3.5); \node at (10.5,-1.6) {\fontsize{40pt}{\baselineskip}\selectfont $=$}; \begin{scope}[shift={(0,-6)}] \pic[ rotate=90, line width=1.5pt, braid/control factor=0, braid/nudge factor=0, braid/gap=0.11, braid/number of strands = 4, name prefix=braid, ] at (-0.25,0) {braid={ 111111111 111 s_3^{-1} s_2^{-1} s_1^{-1}-s_3^{-1} s_2^{-1} s_1^{-1}-s_3^{-1} s_2^{-1} s_1^{-1}-s_3^{-1} s_2^{-1} s_1^{-1} }}; \draw[dashed,draw=black, very thick, fill=white] (10-0.5,0-0.25) rectangle ++(2,3.5); \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}