Point-pushing actions for manifolds with boundary

DOI10.4171/GGD/690arXiv2007.11613MaRDI QIDQ6345650FDOQ6345650

Authors Martin Palmer, U. Tillmann 

Publication date 22 July 2020

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) Fiber bundles in algebraic topology (55R10) Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80) Algebraic topology of manifolds (57N65)

Abstract: Given a manifold $M$ and a point in its interior, the point-pushing map describes a diffeomorphism that pushes the point along a closed path. This defines a homomorphism from the fundamental group of $M$ to the group of isotopy classes of diffeomorphisms of $M$ that fix the basepoint. This map is well-studied in dimension $d=2$ and is part of the Birman exact sequence. Here we study, for any $dgeqslant3$ and $kgeqslant1$, the map from the $k$-th braid group of $M$ to the group of homotopy classes of homotopy equivalences of the $k$-punctured manifold $Msmallsetminusz$, and analyse its injectivity. Equivalently, we describe the monodromy of the universal bundle that associates to a configuration $z$ of size $k$ in $M$ its complement, the space $Msmallsetminusz$. Furthermore, motivated by our work on the homology of configuration-mapping spaces, we describe the action of the braid group of $M$ on the fibres of configuration-mapping spaces.

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