Decorated Marked Surfaces with vortices: Cluster braid group vs. braid twist group
Representation Theory
2025-11-04 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
Let be a marked surface with vortices (=punctures with extra symmetry). We study the decorated version , where the symmetry lifts to the relation that the fourth power of the braid twist of any collision path (connecting a decoration in and a vortex) is identity. We prove the following three groups are isomorphic: King-Qiu's cluster braid group associated to , the braid twist group of and the fundamental group of Bridgeland-Smith's moduli space of -framed GMN differentials. Moreover, we give finite presentations of such groups.
Cite
@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}
}