Generators for the level $m$ congruence subgroups of braid groups

Ishan Banerjee; Peter Huxford

arxiv: 2409.09612 · v1 · pith:COOEJIK2 · submitted 2024-09-15 · math.GR · math.GT

Generators for the level m congruence subgroups of braid groups

Ishan Banerjee , Peter Huxford This is my paper

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We prove for $m\geq1$ and $n\geq5$ that the level $m$ congruence subgroup $B_n[m]$ of the braid group $B_n$ associated to the integral Burau representation $B_n\to\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{Z})$ is generated by $m$th powers of half-twists and the braid Torelli group. This solves a problem of Margalit, generalizing work of Assion, Brendle--Margalit, Nakamura, Stylianakis and Wajnryb.

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Generators for the level m congruence subgroups of braid groups

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