Braid Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musical group
gptkbp:associatedWith Knot Theory
σ_iσ_j = σ_jσ_i for |i - j| > 1.
gptkbp:field Infinite dimensional.
gptkbp:hasActivities With certain mapping class groups.
gptkbp:hasClient To algebraic structures.
To algebraic topology.
To category theory.
To representation theory.
gptkbp:hasDepartment A group whose elements are braids and whose group operation is the concatenation of braids.
gptkbp:hasGenre Braids with a finite number of strands.
gptkbp:hasHistoricalSignificance Important in the development of modern algebra.
Introduced_by_Emil_Artin_in_1925.
Studied_by_Emil_Artin.
gptkbp:hasHistory To the symmetric group.
gptkbp:hasPerformedAt As a group of automorphisms.
gptkbp:hasRelatedPatent Cryptography
Robotics.
DNA topology.
In combinatorial topology.
In physics.
In theoretical computer science.
gptkbp:hasSpecialty Associative.
Non-commutative.
Closure, associativity, identity, and invertibility.
gptkbp:hasSubsidiary Artin_Braid_Group
gptkbp:hasVariants Pure braid group.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Braid Group
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith Braided categories.
gptkbp:isCharacterizedBy The braid group on n strands.
The braid group relations.
The braid relations.
gptkbp:isCitedBy A set of generators and relations.
Generators and relations.
gptkbp:isConnectedTo The fundamental group of the configuration space.
Algebraic_Geometry.
gptkbp:isMaintainedBy Elementary braids.
gptkbp:isMarriedTo True
gptkbp:isRelatedTo Topology
Geometric group theory.
Homological algebra.
Homotopy theory.
The study of knots.
The theory of braids.
gptkbp:isRepresentedIn Braids in 3-dimensional space.
Braids on n strands.
gptkbp:isStudiedIn Mathematics.
Topology.
Mathematical physics.
Mathematical logic.
Algebraic_Topology
Theoretical_Physics.
gptkbp:isUsedIn gptkb:Quantum_Computing
Cryptographic protocols.
String theory.
The study of 3-manifolds.
Topological quantum field theory.
Computer_Graphics.
Quantum_field_theory.
gptkbp:isUtilizedFor Small numbers of strands.
gptkbp:isValuedFor A finite number of strands.
A finite set of strands.
A set of strands.