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Decorated Marked Surfaces with vortices: Cluster braid group vs. braid twist group

Representation Theory 2025-11-04 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Let S\mathbf{S} be a marked surface with vortices (=punctures with extra Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 symmetry). We study the decorated version S\mathbf{S}_\bigtriangleup, where the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 symmetry lifts to the relation that the fourth power of the braid twist of any collision path (connecting a decoration in \bigtriangleup and a vortex) is identity. We prove the following three groups are isomorphic: King-Qiu's cluster braid group associated to S\mathbf{S}, the braid twist group of S\mathbf{S}_\bigtriangleup and the fundamental group of Bridgeland-Smith's moduli space of S\mathbf{S}-framed GMN differentials. Moreover, we give finite presentations of such groups.

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@article{arxiv.2511.00438,
  title  = {Decorated Marked Surfaces with vortices: Cluster braid group vs. braid twist group},
  author = {Yu Qiu and Yu Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.00438},
  year   = {2025}
}
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