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Automorphisms of braid groups on orientable surfaces

Geometric Topology 2021-01-11 v3

Abstract

In this paper we compute the automorphism groups Aut(Pn(Σ))\operatorname{Aut}(\mathbf{P}_n(\Sigma)) and Aut(Bn(Σ))\operatorname{Aut}(\mathbf{B}_n(\Sigma)) of braid groups Pn(Σ)\mathbf{P}_n(\Sigma) and Bn(Σ)\mathbf{B}_n(\Sigma) on every orientable surface Σ\Sigma, which are isomorphic to group extensions of the extended mapping class group Mn(Σ)\mathcal{M}^*_n(\Sigma) by the transvection subgroup except for a few cases. We also prove that Pn(Σ)\mathbf{P}_n(\Sigma) is always a characteristic subgroup of Bn(Σ)\mathbf{B}_n(\Sigma) unless Σ\Sigma is a twice-punctured sphere and n=2n=2.

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@article{arxiv.1507.03312,
  title  = {Automorphisms of braid groups on orientable surfaces},
  author = {Byung Hee An},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.03312},
  year   = {2021}
}

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27 pages

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