Braids and crossed modules.

DOI10.1515/JGT.2011.095zbMATH Open1272.20039arXiv0904.3895OpenAlexW2964316965MaRDI QIDQ2882898FDOQ2882898

Authors: J. Huebschmann 

Publication date: 11 May 2012

Published in: Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe Artin's braid group on a (fixed) finite number of strings as a crossed module over itself. In particular, we interpret the braid relations as crossed module structure relations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.3895

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zbMATH Keywords

crossed modulesArtin generatorshomology groupsArtin braid groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Cohomology of groups (20J06) Homotopy groups of special spaces (55Q52)

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