Graph braid groups and right-angled Artin groups
Geometric Topology
2010-06-24 v3 Group Theory
Abstract
We give a necessary and sufficient condition for a graph to have a right-angled Artin group as its braid group for braid index . In order to have the necessity part, graphs are organized into small classes so that one of homological or cohomological characteristics of right-angled Artin groups can be applied. Finally we show that a given graph is planar iff the first homology of its 2-braid group is torsion-free and leave the corresponding statement for -braid groups as a conjecture along with few other conjectures about graphs whose braid groups of index are right-angled Artin groups.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0805.0082,
title = {Graph braid groups and right-angled Artin groups},
author = {Jee Hyoun Kim and Ki Hyoung Ko and Hyo Won Park},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.0082},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
52 pages, 30 figures