Presentations of subgroups of the braid group generated by powers of band generators.

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2010.01.012zbMATH Open1211.20032arXiv0904.1469OpenAlexW2963826622MaRDI QIDQ968905FDOQ968905

Authors: Michael Lönne 

Publication date: 10 May 2010

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: According to the Tits conjecture proved by Crisp and Paris, [CP], the subgroups of the braid group generated by proper powers of the Artin elements are presented by the commutators of generators which are powers of commuting elements. Hence they are naturally presented as right-angled Artin groups. The case of subgroups generated by powers of the band generators is more involved. We show that the groups are right-angled Artin groups again, if all generators are proper powers with exponent at least 3. We also give a presentation in cases at the other extreme, when all generators occur with exponent 1 or 2, which is far from being that of a right-angled Artin group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.1469

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zbMATH Keywords

braid groupspresentationsright-angled Artin groupsTits conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36)

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