Mathematics – Algebraic Geometry
Scientific paper
1996-08-02
Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 72 (1997), no. 2, 285-315.
Mathematics
Algebraic Geometry
27 pages with 7 figures, author-supplied DVI file available at ftp://ftp.math.neu.edu/Pub/faculty/Suciu_Alex/papers/bmono.dvi
Scientific paper
10.1007/s000140050017
To a plane algebraic curve of degree n, Moishezon associated a braid monodromy homomorphism from a finitely generated free group to Artin's braid group B_n. Using Hansen's polynomial covering space theory, we give a new interpretation of this construction. Next, we provide an explicit description of the braid monodromy of an arrangement of complex affine hyperplanes, by means of an associated ``braided wiring diagram.'' The ensuing presentation of the fundamental group of the complement is shown to be Tietze-I equivalent to the Randell-Arvola presentation. Work of Libgober then implies that the complement of a line arrangement is homotopy equivalent to the 2-complex modeled on either of these presentations. Finally, we prove that the braid monodromy of a line arrangement determines the intersection lattice. Examples of Falk then show that the braid monodromy carries more information than the group of the complement, thereby answering a question of Libgober.
Cohen Daniel C.
Suciu Alexander I.
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