A survey of surface braid groups and the lower algebraic K-theory of their group rings

arXiv1302.6536MaRDI QIDQ6239916FDOQ6239916

Authors: John Guaschi, Daniel Juan Pineda 

Publication date: 26 February 2013

Abstract: We give a survey of the theory of surface braid groups and the lower algebraic K-theory of their group rings. We recall several definitions and describe various properties of surface braid groups, such as the existence of torsion, orderability, linearity, and their relation both with mapping class groups and with the homotopy groups of the 2-sphere. The braid groups of the 2-sphere and the real projective plane are of particular interest because they possess elements of finite order, and we discuss in detail their torsion and the classification of their finite and virtually cyclic subgroups. Finally, we outline the methods used to study the lower algebraic K-theory of the group rings of surface braid groups, highlighting recent results concerning the braid groups of the 2-sphere and the real projective plane.

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