Search results for "Braid theory"
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A cubic defining algebra for the Links–Gould polynomial
2013
Abstract We define a finite-dimensional cubic quotient of the group algebra of the braid group, endowed with a (essentially unique) Markov trace which affords the Links–Gould invariant of knots and links. We investigate several of its properties, and state several conjectures about its structure.
Generalized Braid Groups and Mapping Class Gropus
1997
Given a chord system of D2, we associate a generalized braid group, a surface and a homomorphism from this braid group to the mapping class group of the surface. We disprove a conjecture stated in an article by Perron and Vannier by showing that generally this homomorphism is not injective.
Birman's conjecture for singular braids on closed surfaces
2003
Let M be a closed oriented surface of genus g≥1, let Bn(M) be the braid group of M on n strings, and let SBn(M) be the corresponding singular braid monoid. Our purpose in this paper is to prove that the desingularization map η : SBn(M)→ℤ[Bn(M)], introduced in the definition of the Vassiliev invariants (for braids on surfaces), is injective.
REPRESENTATIVE BRAIDS FOR LINKS ASSOCIATED TO PLANE IMMERSED CURVES
2000
In [ AC 2], A'Campo associates a link in S3 to any proper generic immersion of a disjoint union of arcs into a 2-disc. We give a sample algorithmic way to produce, from the immersion, a representative braid for such links. As a by-product we get a minimal representative braid for any algebraic link, from a divide associated to a real deformation of the polynomial defining the link.
Conjugacy problem for braid groups and Garside groups
2003
We present a new algorithm to solve the conjugacy problem in Artin braid groups, which is faster than the one presented by Birman, Ko and Lee. This algorithm can be applied not only to braid groups, but to all Garside groups (which include finite type Artin groups and torus knot groups among others).
Quasi-isometrically embedded subgroups of braid and diffeomorphism groups
2005
We show that a large class of right-angled Artin groups (in particular, those with planar complementary defining graph) can be embedded quasi-isometrically in pure braid groups and in the group of area preserving diffeomorphisms of the disk fixing the boundary (with respect to the $L^2$-norm metric); this extends results of Benaim and Gambaudo who gave quasi-isometric embeddings of $F\_n$ and $\Z^n$ for all $n>0$. As a consequence we are also able to embed a variety of Gromov hyperbolic groups quasi-isometrically in pure braid groups and in the diffeomorphism group of the disk. Examples include hyperbolic surface groups, some HNN-extensions of these along cyclic subgroups and the fundame…