A partial order on the symmetric group and new \(K(\pi,1)\)'s for the braid groups (Q5946162)

The author defines a certain partial order in the symmetric group \(S_n\) using the Cayley graph structure with respect to the set of all transpositions. Then a certain group \(\Gamma_n\) is introduced, which turns out to be isomorphic to the Artin braid group with \(n\) strands, so as to be generated by the elements geodesically governed by the \(n\)-cycle \((1,2,\dots,n)\in S_n\) with explicit defining relations. A certain simplicial complex induced on the vertex set \(\Gamma_n\) is shown to be contractible.