Braid groups in complex spaces.
Configurations and arrangements of linear subspaces (14N20) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Configuration theorems in linear incidence geometry (51A20) Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80) Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05)
The fundamental group of the ordered (unordered) configuration space of \(k\) points in \(\mathbb C^n\), denoted by \(\mathcal F_n(\mathbb C^n)\) (\(\mathcal C_n(\mathbb C^n)\)), where \(\mathbb C\) is the complex numbers, is well known. The authors consider a stratification \(\mathcal F_n(\mathbb C^n)=\bigcup_{i=0}^n\mathcal F_k^{i,n}\), where \(\mathcal F_k^{i,n}\) is the ordered configuration space of all \(k\) distinct points \(p_1,\ldots,p_k\) in \(\mathbb C^n\) such that the dimension \(\dim\langle p_1,\ldots,p_k\rangle=i\). A similar strata is defined for \(\mathcal C_n(\mathbb C^n)\) and denoted by \(\mathcal C_k^{i,n}\). The goal of the paper is to compute the fundamental groups \(\pi_1(\mathcal F_k^{i,n})\) and \(\pi_1(\mathcal C_k^{i,n})\) for all values of \(i,k,n\). Let \(PB_n\) denote the pure Artin braid group of the plane on \(n\) strings and \(B_n\) the full Artin braid group on \(n\) strings. More precisely they show: Theorem 1.1: The spaces \(\mathcal F_k^{i,n}\) are simply connected except for \(i=1\) or \(i=n=k-1\). In these cases (1) \(\pi_1(\mathcal F_k^{1,1})=PB_k\), (2) \(\pi_1(\mathcal F_k^{1,n})=PB_k/\langle D_k\rangle\) when \(n>1\), (3) \(\pi_1(\mathcal F_{n+1}^{n,n})=\mathbb Z\) for all \(n\geq 1\). The fundamental group \(\pi_1(\mathcal C_k^{i,n})\) is isomorphic to the symmetric group \(\Sigma_k\) except for \(i=1\) or \(i=n=k-1\). In these cases: (1) \(\pi_1(\mathcal F_k^{1,1})=B_k\), (2) \(\pi_1(\mathcal C_k^{1,n})=B_k/\langle \Delta_k^2\rangle\) when \(n>1\), (3) \(\pi_1(\mathcal C_{n+1}^{n,n})=B_{n+1}/\langle\sigma_1^2=\sigma_2^2=\dots=\sigma_n^2\rangle\) when \(n>1\) . The element \(D_k\) is the full twist and \(\Delta_k\) is the fundamental Garside braid. A main ingredient of the proofs is the use of several fibrations which are constructed by geometric means, relating the strata and Grassmannian manifolds. -- The paper is well organized and the proofs are clearly written.
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