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A cubic defining algebra for the Links-Gould polynomial
2012
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-Grould invariant of knots and links. We investigate several of its properties, and state several conjectures about its structure.
MR 3020148 Reviewed McMullen, C.T. Braid groups and Hodge theory. Mathematische Annalen, vol. 355 (2013), pp.893–-946. (Reviewer Francesca Vetro) 20F…
2014
In this paper, the author studies the unitary representations of the braid group and the geometric structures on moduli space that arise via the Hodge theory of cyclic branched coverings of P^1. In particular, the author is interested in the classification of certain arithmetic subgroups of U(r, s) which envelop the image of the braid group. The author investigates their connections with complex reflection groups, Teichm\"{u}lller curves, ergodic theory and problems in surface topology.
MR 2776821 Reviewed Berger E. Hurwitz equivalence in dihedral groups. The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 18 (2011), no.1, paper 45, 16 pp. (Revi…
2011
In the paper under review, the author studies the orbits of the action of the braid group B_{n} on G^{n} where G denoted a dihedral group. At first, the author considers tuples T consisting only of reflections. In this case, the author proves that the orbits are determinate by three invariants. These invariants are the product of the entries, the subgroup generated by the entries and the number of times each conjugacy class is represented in T. Successively, the author works with tuples whose entries are any elements of dihedral groups. The author shows that, also this time, the above invariants are sufficient in order to determinate the orbits of the action of B_{n} on G^{n}.
Embeddings of graph braid and surface groups in right-angled Artin groups and braid groups
2003
We prove by explicit construction that graph braid groups and most surface groups can be embedded in a natural way in right-angled Artin groups, and we point out some consequences of these embedding results. We also show that every right-angled Artin group can be embedded in a pure surface braid group. On the other hand, by generalising to right-angled Artin groups a result of Lyndon for free groups, we show that the Euler characteristic -1 surface group (given by the relation x^2y^2=z^2) never embeds in a right-angled Artin group.