The braid groups of the projective plane.

DOI10.2140/AGT.2004.4.757zbMATH Open1056.20024arXivmath/0409350OpenAlexW3098638327MaRDI QIDQ1880650FDOQ1880650

Authors: Daciberg Lima Gonçalves, John Guaschi 

Publication date: 30 September 2004

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let B_n(RP^2)$ (respectively P_n(RP^2)) denote the braid group (respectively pure braid group) on n strings of the real projective plane RP^2. In this paper we study these braid groups, in particular the associated pure braid group short exact sequence of Fadell and Neuwirth, their torsion elements and the roots of the `full twist' braid. Our main results may be summarised as follows: first, the pure braid group short exact sequence 1 --> P_{m-n}(RP^2 - {x_1,...,x_n}) --> P_m(RP^2) --> P_n(RP^2) --> 1 does not split if m > 3 and n=2,3. Now let n > 1. Then in B_n(RP^2), there is a k-torsion element if and only if k divides either 4n or 4(n-1). Finally, the full twist braid has a k-th root if and only if k divides either 2n or 2(n-1).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0409350

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zbMATH Keywords

projective planesconfiguration spacesbraid groupstorsion elementspure braidsFadell-Neuwirth short exact sequences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Homotopy groups of special spaces (55Q52) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80)

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