{
  "id": "0904.3895",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2009-04-24T15:43:09.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-01-03T17:00:26.000Z",
  "title": "Braids and crossed modules",
  "authors": [
    "Johannes Huebschmann"
  ],
  "comment": "18 pages",
  "journal": "J. of Group Theory 15 (2012), 57-83",
  "categories": [
    "math.AT",
    "math.GR"
  ],
  "abstract": "We describe Artin's braid group on a (fixed) finite number of strings as a crossed module over itself. In particular, we interpret the braid relations as crossed module structure relations.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2010-01-03T17:00:26.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "20F36",
      "57M05",
      "57M20",
      "57M25",
      "18D50",
      "18G55",
      "20C08",
      "55P48"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "artins braid group",
      "crossed module structure relations",
      "finite number",
      "braid relations"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 18,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2009arXiv0904.3895H"
    }
  }
}