Braid Monodromy of Algebraic Curves

Braid Monodromy Type and Rational Transformations of Plane Algebraic Curves

We combine the newly discovered technique, which computes explicit formulas for the image of an algebraic curve under rational transformation, with techniques that enable to compute braid monodromies of such curves. We use this combination in order to study properties of the braid monodromy of the image of curves under a given rational transformation. A description of the general method is give...

The Braid Monodromy of Plane Algebraic Curves and Hyperplane Arrangements

To a plane algebraic curve of degree n, Moishezon associated a braid monodromy homomorphism from a finitely generated free group to Artin’s braid group Bn. Using Hansen’s polynomial covering space theory, we give a new interpretation of this construction. Next, we provide an explicit description of the braid monodromy of an arrangement of complex affine hyperplanes, by means of an associated “b...

Braid Monodromy of Special Curves

In this article, we compute the braid monodromy of two algebraic curves defined over R. These two curves are of complex level not bigger than 6, and they are unions of lines and conics. We use two different techniques for computing their braid monodromies. These results will be applied to computations of fundamental groups of their complements in C and CP.

Braid Monodromy and Topology of Plane Curves

In this paper we prove that braid monodromy of an affine plane curve determines the topology of a related projective plane curve. Introduction Our purpose in this paper is to relate the topological embedding of algebraic curves to a refinement of a well-known invariant of curves such as braid monodromy. Roughly speaking, braid monodromy is defined for a triple (C , L , P), where C ⊂ P2 is a cur...

Braid Monodromy and Topology of Plane Curves