The lower algebraic K-theory of virtually cyclic subgroups of the braid groups of the sphere and of Z[B₄( S^2)]

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-99489-5zbMATH Open1497.20003arXiv1209.4791OpenAlexW2899332680MaRDI QIDQ4583364FDOQ4583364

Authors: John Guaschi, Daniel Juan Pineda, Silvia Millan-López 

Publication date: 28 August 2018

Published in: SpringerBriefs in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study $K$-theoretical aspects of the braid groups $B_n(mathbb{S}^2)$ on $n$ strings of the $2$-sphere, which by results of the second two authors, are known to satisfy the Farrell-Jones fibred isomorphism conjecture~cite{JM}. In light of this, in order to determine the algebraic $K$-theory of the group ring $mathbbZ[B_n(mathbb{S}^2)]$, one should first compute that of its virtually cyclic subgroups, which were classified by D.~L.~Gon{c c}alves and the first author. We calculate the Whitehead and $K_{-1}$-groups of the group rings of the finite subgroups (dicyclic and binary polyhedral) of $B_n(mathbb{S}^2)$ for all $4leqnleq11$. Some new phenomena occur, such as the appearance of torsion for the $K_{-1}$-groups. We then go on to study the case $n=4$ in detail, which is the smallest value of $n$ for which $B_n(mathbb{S}^2)$ is infinite. We show that $B_n(mathbb{S}^2)$ is an amalgamated product of two finite groups, from which we are able to determine a universal space for proper actions of the group $B_n(mathbb{S}^2)$. We also calculate the algebraic $K$-theory of the infinite virtually cyclic subgroups of $B_n(mathbb{S}^2)$, including the Nil groups of the quaternion group of order $8$. This enables us to determine the lower algebraic $K$-theory of $mathbbZ[B_n(mathbb{S}^2)]$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4791

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zbMATH Keywords

algebraic \(K\)-theoryprojective planeconjugacy classintegral group ringvirtually cyclic subgroupWhitehead group\(2\)-sphere\(n\)-string (pure) braid groupBass nil group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Algebraic (K)-theory and (L)-theory (category-theoretic aspects) (18F25) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to group theory (20-02) (K_0) of group rings and orders (19A31) (K_1) of group rings and orders (19B28) Connections of group theory with homological algebra and category theory (20J99)

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