English

Braid Groups of the Sun Graph

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this article we calculate the n-string braid groups of certain non-contractible graphs. We use techniques from the work of A. Abrams, F. Connolly and M. Doig combined with Van Kampen's Theorem to prove these results.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0508380,
  title  = {Braid Groups of the Sun Graph},
  author = {Alice Neels and Stephen Privitera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0508380},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages, 4 figures