Two-generator subgroups of the pure braid group.

DOI10.1007/S10711-009-9440-8zbMATH Open1213.20035arXiv0812.1783OpenAlexW2159084360MaRDI QIDQ5961887FDOQ5961887

Christopher J. Leininger, Dan Margalit

Publication date: 16 September 2010

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that any two elements of the pure braid group either commute or generate a free group, settling a question of Luis Paris. Our proof involves the theory of 3-manifolds and the theory of group actions on trees.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1783

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupsfree groupspure braid groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07)

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