Lifting Braids

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2001-07-16

arxiv.org/abs/math/0107117v1

Mathematics

Geometric Topology

20 pages

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In this paper we study the homeomorphisms of the disk that are liftable with respect to a simple branched covering. Since any such homeomorphism maps the branch set of the covering onto itself and liftability is invariant up to isotopy fixing the branch set, we are dealing in fact with liftable braids. We prove that the group of liftable braids is finitely generated by liftable powers of half-twists around arcs joining branch points. A set of such generators is explicitly determined for the special case of branched coverings from the disk to the disk. As a preliminary result we also obtain the classification of all the simple branched coverings of the disk.

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