Automorphisms of pure braid groups
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Automorphisms of pure braid groups
zbMATH Open document ID: 1446.20062
author: Valeriy G. Bardakov
author: M. V. Neshchadim
author: Mahender Singh
published in: Monatshefte für Mathematik
publication date: 2018-09-14T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.07045
review text: Let $B_n$ be the Artin braid group on $n$-strings, and let $P_n$ be the pure braid group which is the kernel of the natural epimorphism $B_n\to S_n$. In [Am. J. Math. 103, 1151--1169 (1981; Zbl 0476.20026)], \textit{J. L. Dyer} and \textit{E. K. Grossman} completely determined the automorphism group $\Aut(B_n)$ of the braid group $B_n$ to be a semi-direct product, \[ \Aut(B_n) \cong \mathrm{Inn}(B_n) \rtimes \mathbb{Z}_2, \] where $\mathrm{Inn}(B_n) \cong B_n/Z(B_n)$ is the group of inner automorphisms. In [Comment. Math. Helv. 82, No. 4, 725--751 (2007; Zbl 1148.20024)], \textit{R. W. Bell} and \textit{D. Margalit} decomposed the automorphism group $\Aut(P_n)$ of the pure braid group $P_n$ as a semi-direct product, \[ \Aut(P_n) \cong \Aut_c(P_n) \rtimes \Aut(\overline{P}_n), \] where $\Aut_c(P_n)$ is the group of central automorphisms and $\overline{P}_n=P_n/Z(P_n)$, In [Topology Appl. 159, No. 16, 3404--3416 (2012; Zbl 1275.20031)], \textit{D. C. Cohen} gave an explicit presentation for the automorphism group $\mathrm{Aut}(P_n)$. In this paper, the authors investigate the structure of the automorphism group of the pure braid group $\Aut(P_n)$. They prove that for $n>3$ $\Aut(P_n)$ is generated by the subgroup $\Aut_c(P_n)$ of central automorphisms of $P_n$, the subgroup $\Aut(B_n)$ of restrictions of automorphisms of $B_n$ on $P_n$ and one extra automorphism $w_n$. For $n=2$ and $3$, $\Aut(P_n)$ is generated by $\Aut_c(P_n)$ and $\Aut(B_n)$. The authors also study the lifting and extension problem for automorphisms of some well-known exact sequences arising from braid groups, and prove that the answers are negative in most cases. More precisely, let \[ 1 \to K \to G \to H \to 1 \] be a short exact sequence of groups. Given $\phi \in \Aut(H)$, does there exists an automorphism of $G$ which induces $\phi?$ Analogously, given $\psi \in \Aut(K)$, does there exists an automorphism of $G$ whose restriction to $K$ is $\psi?$ They prove that the answers to both the questi…
reviewed by: He Wang
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F36
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F28
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20E36
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20D45
zbMATH DE Number: 6936066
zbMATH Keywords: braid group
zbMATH Keywords: central automorphism
zbMATH Keywords: extended mapping class group
zbMATH Keywords: pure braid group
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
OpenAlex ID: W3103223877
arXiv ID: 1704.07045
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DOI: 10.1007/S00605-017-1073-7
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