English

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 5\ge 5. 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 nn-braid groups as a conjecture along with few other conjectures about graphs whose braid groups of index 4\le 4 are right-angled Artin groups.

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@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

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