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| arXiv : 1008.0238 |
| DOI : 10.2140/agt.2011.2971 |
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| Algebraic and Geometric Topology 11 (2011) 2971-3010 |
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| Reducible braids and Garside theory |
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| Juan Gonzalez-MenesesBert Wiest 1 |
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| We show that reducible braids which are, in a Garside-theoretical sense, as simple as possible within their conjugacy class, are also as simple as possible in a geometric sense. More precisely, if a braid belongs to a certain subset of its conjugacy class which we call the stabilized set of sliding circuits, and if it is reducible, then its reducibility is geometrically obvious: it has a round or almost round reducing curve. Moreover, for any given braid, an element of its stabilized set of sliding circuits can be found using the well-known cyclic sliding operation. This leads to a polynomial time algorithm for deciding the Nielsen-Thurston type of any braid, modulo one well-known conjecture on the speed of convergence of the cyclic sliding operation. |
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| 1 : | Institut de Recherche Mathématique de Rennes (IRMAR) |
| CNRS : UMR6625 – Université de Rennes 1 – École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) : - RENNES – Université de Rennes II - Haute Bretagne | |
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| Géométrie analytique |
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| Domaine | : | Mathématiques/Topologie géométrique Mathématiques/Théorie des groupes |
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| braid group – Garside group – Nielsen-Thurston classification – algorithm |
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| Contributeur : Marie-Annick Guillemer | |
| Soumis le : Jeudi 16 Septembre 2010, 13:34:14 | |
| Dernière modification le : Mercredi 24 Octobre 2012, 16:10:27 | |