The seven-strand braid group is CAT(0)

DOI10.1007/S00229-022-01387-XMaRDI QIDQ6155364zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Seong Gu Jeong

Publication date 12 June 2023

Published in Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.09350

zbMATH Keywords

braid groupgeometric group theoryArtin group\(\mathrm{CAT}(0)\)-space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Geometric group theory (20F65) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15)

Abstract: We prove that the 7-strand braid group is CAT(0) by elaborating on the argument of Haettel, Kielak and Schwer

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