On the cohomology rings of tree braid groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2007.04.011zbMATH Open1137.20027arXivmath/0602444OpenAlexW2054621597WikidataQ115570010 ScholiaQ115570010MaRDI QIDQ2456384FDOQ2456384

Lucas Sabalka, Daniel Farley

Publication date: 18 October 2007

Published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $Gamma$ be a finite connected graph. The (unlabelled) configuration space $U{C}^{n}Gamma$ of $n$ points on $Gamma$ is the space of $n$-element subsets of $Gamma$. The $n$-strand braid group of $Gamma$, denoted $B_{n}Gamma$, is the fundamental group of $U{C}^{n}Gamma$. We use the methods and results of our paper "Discrete Morse theory and graph braid groups" to get a partial description of the cohomology rings $H^{*}(B_{n}T)$, where $T$ is a tree. Our results are then used to prove that $B_{n}T$ is a right-angled Artin group if and only if $T$ is linear or $n<4$. This gives a large number of counterexamples to Ghrist's conjecture that braid groups of planar graphs are right-angled Artin groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602444

zbMATH Keywords

configuration spacesbraid groupsright-angled Artin groupscohomology ringsfinite connected graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Geometric group theory (20F65) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Cohomology of groups (20J06) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15)

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