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Let S be a smooth affine algebraic curve, and let S' be the Riemann surface obtained by removing a point from S. We provide evidence for the congruence subgroup property of the mapping class group Mod(S') by showing that its congruence…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Richard Peabody Kent

The purpose of this note is to prove a conjecture of Shvartsman relating a complex projective reflection group with the quotient of a suitable complex braid group by its center. Shvartsman originally proved this result in the case of real…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Owen Garnier

In this paper we study Thurston's automaton on the braid groups via binary operations. These binary operations are obtained from the construction of this automaton. We study these operations and find some connections between them in a "skew…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2015-09-14 Viktor Lopatkin

Ng and Schauenburg proved that the kernel of a $(2+1)$-dimensional topological quantum field theory representation of $\mathrm{SL}(2, \mathbb{Z})$ is a congruence subgroup. Motivated by their result, we explore when the kernel of an…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2016-11-17 Joseph Ricci , Zhenghan Wang

In this paper we prove homological stability for certain subgroups of surface braid groups. Alternatively, this is equivalent to proving homological stability for configurations of subsets of exactly $\xi$ points in a surface as we increase…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-06 TriThang Tran

In this note, we exhibit a method to prove the Baum-Connes conjecture (with coefficients) for extensions with finite quotients of certain groups which already satisfy the Baum-Connes conjecture. Interesting examples to which this method…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Thomas Schick

We show that the simple elements of the dual Garside structure of an Artin group of type $D_n$ are Mikado braids, giving a positive answer to a conjecture of Digne and the second author. To this end, we use an embedding of the Artin group…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-25 Barbara Baumeister , Thomas Gobet

We prove that bounded conciseness is a closed property in the space of marked groups. As a consequence, we reformulate a conjecture of Fern\'andez-Alcober and Shumyatsky [7] about conciseness in the class of residually finite groups.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-10 Federico Berlai

We prove a homological stability theorem for families of discrete groups (e.g. mapping class groups, automorphism groups of free groups, braid groups) with coefficients in a sequence of irreducible algebraic representations of arithmetic…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-06-04 Jeremy Miller , Peter Patzt , Dan Petersen , Oscar Randal-Williams

We show that any two elements of the pure braid group either commute or generate a free group, settling a question of Luis Paris. Our proof involves the theory of 3-manifolds and the theory of group actions on trees.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-12-10 Christopher J Leininger , Dan Margalit

For every group genetic code with finite number of generating and at most with one defining relation we introduce the braid group of this genetic code. This construction includes the braid group of Euclidean plane, the braid groups of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Valerij G. Bardakov

This article is a survey on the braid groups, the Artin groups, and the Garside groups. It is a presentation, accessible to non-experts, of various topological and algebraic aspects of these groups. It is also a report on three points of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-11-16 Luis Paris

Based on a normal form for braid group elements suggested by Dehornoy, we prove several representations of braid groups by automorphisms of a free group to be faithful. This includes a simple proof of the standard Artin's representation…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vladimir Shpilrain

In this paper, we state and prove precise theorems on the classification of the category of (braided) categorical groups and their (braided) monoidal functors, and some applications obtained from the basic studies on monoidal functors…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2013-01-04 Nguyen Tien Quang , Nguyen Thu Thuy , Pham Thi Cuc

We give a short proof for the fact, already proven by Thomas Haettel, that the arbitrary intersection of parabolic subgroups in Euclidean Braid groups $A[\tilde{A}_n]$ is again a parabolic subgroup. To that end, we use that the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-20 María Cumplido , Federica Gavazzi , Luis Paris

This paper is concerned with detecting when a closed braid and its axis are 'mutually braided' in the sense of Rudolph. It deals with closed braids which are fibred links, the simplest case being closed braids which present the unknot. The…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 H. R. Morton , M. Rampichini

Golan and Sapir \cite{MR3978542} proved that the Thompson's groups $F$, $T$ and $V$ have linear divergence. In the current paper, we focus on the divergence properties of several generalisation of the Thompson's groups, we first consider…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-09-27 Xiaobing Sheng

We give a simple characterization of braids that can be unplaited keeping separately their upper ends and their lower ends tied together

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-07-15 Orlin Stoytchev

We prove that a uniform pro-p group with no nonabelian free subgroups has a normal series with torsion-free abelian factors. We discuss this in relation to unique product groups. We also consider generalizations of Hantzsche-Wendt groups.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-09-25 William Craig , Peter A. Linnell

In this paper we show that the singular braid monoid of an orientable surface can be embedded in a group. The proof is purely topological, making no use of the monoid presentation.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jeronimo Diaz-Cantos , Juan Gonzalez-Meneses , Jose M. Tornero