Plat closures of spherical braids in \mathbb{R}P^3

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Authors Rama Mishra

Publication date 18 April 2023

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: We develop a method for costructing links in $mathbbR{P}^3$ as plat closures of spherical braids. This method is a generalization of the concept of say{plats} in $S^3$. We prove that any link in $mathbbR{P}^3$ can be constructed in this manner. We also develop a set of moves on spherical braids in the same spirit as the classical Markov moves on braids and show that two spherical braids can have isotopic plat closures if and only if they are related by a finite sequence of these moves. We introduce the notion of a new kind of permutation (called extit{residual permutation}) associated to a spherical braid in $mathbbR{P}^3$ and prove that the number of disjoint cycles in this residual permutation of a spherical braid is same as the number of components of the plat closure link of this braid.

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