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Planar pure braids on six strands

Group Theory 2020-12-08 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

The group of planar (or flat) pure braids on nn strands, also known as the pure twin group, is the fundamental group of the configuration space Fn,3(R)F_{n,3}(\mathbb{R}) of nn labelled points in R\mathbb{R} no three of which coincide. The planar pure braid groups on 3, 4 and 5 strands are free. In this note we describe the planar pure braid group on 6 strands: it is a free product of the free group on 71 generators and 20 copies of the free abelian group of rank two.

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@article{arxiv.1905.08326,
  title  = {Planar pure braids on six strands},
  author = {Jacob Mostovoy and Christopher Roque-Márquez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.08326},
  year   = {2020}
}
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