Concordance group and stable commutator length in braid groups

DOI10.2140/AGT.2015.15.2861zbMATH Open1364.20021arXiv1402.3191OpenAlexW1846860170MaRDI QIDQ894960FDOQ894960

Authors: Michael Brandenbursky, Jarek Kȩdra 

Publication date: 25 November 2015

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define a quasihomomorphism from braid groups to the concordance group of knots and examine its properties and consequences of its existence. In particular, we provide a relation between the stable four ball genus in the concordance group and the stable commutator length in braid groups, and produce examples of infinite families of concordance classes of knots with uniformly bounded four ball genus. We also provide applications to the geometry of the infinite braid group. In particular, we show that its commutator subgroup admits a stably unbounded conjugation invariant norm. This answers an open problem posed by Burago, Ivanov and Polterovich.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.3191

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zbMATH Keywords

commutator lengthconcordance groupbraid groupquasimorphismconjugation invariant normfour ball genus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

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