CAT(0) geometry of complex curve complements and families

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Main Authors: Bregman, Corey, Libgober, Anatoly, Zhu, Kejia
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author Bregman, Corey
Libgober, Anatoly
Zhu, Kejia
author_facet Bregman, Corey
Libgober, Anatoly
Zhu, Kejia
contents Motivated by the question of whether braid groups are CAT(0), we investigate the CAT(0) behavior of fundamental groups of plane curve complements and certain universal families. If $C$ is the branch locus of a generic projection of a smooth, complete intersection surface to $\PP^2$, we show that $π_1(\PP^2\setminus C)$ is CAT(0). In the other direction, we prove that the fundamental group of the universal family associated with the singularities of type $E_6$, $E_7$, and $E_8$ is not CAT(0).
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spellingShingle CAT(0) geometry of complex curve complements and families
Bregman, Corey
Libgober, Anatoly
Zhu, Kejia
Geometric Topology
Algebraic Geometry
Group Theory
Motivated by the question of whether braid groups are CAT(0), we investigate the CAT(0) behavior of fundamental groups of plane curve complements and certain universal families. If $C$ is the branch locus of a generic projection of a smooth, complete intersection surface to $\PP^2$, we show that $π_1(\PP^2\setminus C)$ is CAT(0). In the other direction, we prove that the fundamental group of the universal family associated with the singularities of type $E_6$, $E_7$, and $E_8$ is not CAT(0).
title CAT(0) geometry of complex curve complements and families
topic Geometric Topology
Algebraic Geometry
Group Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18067