Permutational wreath pullbacks and framed braid-type groups
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| contents | Let $σ\colon G \to S_n$ be a surjective homomorphism and let $H$ be a group. We introduce the \emph{permutational wreath pullback} \[ H \wr_σG = H^n \rtimes_σG, \] where the action of $G$ on $H^n$ is induced by permutation of coordinates via $σ$, and undertake a systematic structural study of this construction. We determine the center and the abelianization in full generality. We further show that $H \wr_σG$ admits a natural interpretation as the pullback of the classical wreath product $H \wr S_n$ along $σ$, providing a conceptual explanation for its functorial behavior. When $H$ is finitely generated abelian, we establish a criterion for the abelian kernel $H^n$ to be characteristic and for $H \wr_σG$ to inherit the $R_\infty$-property from $G$; we verify this criterion for kernels arising from the virtual braid group $VB_n$ and the virtual twin group $VT_n$, obtaining new families of framed groups with the $R_\infty$-property. Rigidity results show that the abelian kernel, $n$, $H$, and $G$ are determined by the abstract group $H \wr_σG$. Applications include uniform descriptions of classical, surface, virtual, and singular framed braid groups, and a reduction of splitting problems for framed surface braid groups to the classical Fadell--Neuwirth setting. |
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| spellingShingle | Permutational wreath pullbacks and framed braid-type groups Leite, Ênio Ocampo, Oscar Group Theory Geometric Topology 20E22, 20F36, 20E36, 57K20 Let $σ\colon G \to S_n$ be a surjective homomorphism and let $H$ be a group. We introduce the \emph{permutational wreath pullback} \[ H \wr_σG = H^n \rtimes_σG, \] where the action of $G$ on $H^n$ is induced by permutation of coordinates via $σ$, and undertake a systematic structural study of this construction. We determine the center and the abelianization in full generality. We further show that $H \wr_σG$ admits a natural interpretation as the pullback of the classical wreath product $H \wr S_n$ along $σ$, providing a conceptual explanation for its functorial behavior. When $H$ is finitely generated abelian, we establish a criterion for the abelian kernel $H^n$ to be characteristic and for $H \wr_σG$ to inherit the $R_\infty$-property from $G$; we verify this criterion for kernels arising from the virtual braid group $VB_n$ and the virtual twin group $VT_n$, obtaining new families of framed groups with the $R_\infty$-property. Rigidity results show that the abelian kernel, $n$, $H$, and $G$ are determined by the abstract group $H \wr_σG$. Applications include uniform descriptions of classical, surface, virtual, and singular framed braid groups, and a reduction of splitting problems for framed surface braid groups to the classical Fadell--Neuwirth setting. |
| title | Permutational wreath pullbacks and framed braid-type groups |
| topic | Group Theory Geometric Topology 20E22, 20F36, 20E36, 57K20 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05281 |