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Springer theory in braid groups and the Birman-Ko-Lee monoid

Group Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We state a conjecture about centralizers of certain roots of central elements in braid groups, and check it for Artin braid groups and some other cases. Our proof makes use of results by Birman-Ko-Lee; we give a new intrinsic account of these results.

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@article{arxiv.math/0010254,
  title  = {Springer theory in braid groups and the Birman-Ko-Lee monoid},
  author = {David Bessis and Francois Digne and Jean Michel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0010254},
  year   = {2007}
}

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23 pages, 1 postscript picture