On reduction curves and Garside properties of braids.

zbMATH Open1255.20035arXiv1006.2258MaRDI QIDQ2998307FDOQ2998307

Authors: Juan González-Meneses 

Publication date: 18 May 2011

Abstract: In this paper we study the reduction curves of a braid, and how they can be used to decompose the braid into simpler ones in a precise way, which does not correspond exactly to the decomposition given by Thurston theory. Then we study how a cyclic sliding (which is a particular kind of conjugation) affects the normal form of a braid with respect to the normal forms of its components. Finally, using the above methods, we provide the example of a family of braids whose sets of sliding circuits (hence ultra summit sets) have exponential size with respect to the number of strands and also with respect to the canonical length.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.2258

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zbMATH Keywords

braid groupsreducible braidsreduction systemscyclic slidingGarside structuresessential curvessliding circuits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10)

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