Twisted conjugacy in braid groups
In this note we solve the twisted conjugacy problem for braid groups, i.e., we propose an algorithm which, given two braids u,v is an element of B-n and an automorphism phi is an element of Aut(B-n), decides whether v = (phi(x))(-1)-ux for some x is an element of B-n. As a corollary, we deduce that...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repository: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/24771 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/24771 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11856-014-0032-4 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Group theory Braid group Twisted conjugacy Grups, Teoria de Classificació AMS::20 Group theory and generalizations::20F Special aspects of infinite or finite groups Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Àlgebra::Teoria de grups |
| Summary: | In this note we solve the twisted conjugacy problem for braid groups, i.e., we propose an algorithm which, given two braids u,v is an element of B-n and an automorphism phi is an element of Aut(B-n), decides whether v = (phi(x))(-1)-ux for some x is an element of B-n. As a corollary, we deduce that each group of the form B-n x H, a semidirect product of the braid group B-n by a torsion-free hyperbolic group H, has solvable conjugacy problem. |
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