Commutator Subgroups of Singular Braid Groups

Abstract: The singular braids with

n

strands,

n g e q 3

, were introduced independently by Baez and Birman. It is known that the monoid formed by the singular braids is embedded in a group that is known as singular braid group, denoted by

S G_{n}

. There has been another generalization of braid groups, denoted by

G V B_{n}

,

n g e q 3

, which was introduced by Fang as a group of symmetries behind quantum quasi-shuffle structures. The group

G V B_{n}

simultaneously generalizes the classical braid group, as well as the virtual braid group on

n

strands. We investigate the commutator subgroups

S {G_{n}}^{'}

and

G V {B_{n}}^{'}

of these generalized braid groups. We prove that

S {G_{n}}^{'}

is finitely generated if and only if

n g e 5

, and

G V {B_{n}}^{'}

is finitely generated if and only if

n g e 4

. Further, we show that both

S {G_{n}}^{'}

and

G V {B_{n}}^{'}

are perfect if and only if

n g e 5

.

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