Cohomology of quasi-abelianized braid groups

Abstract

We investigate the rational cohomology of the quotient of (generalized) braid groups by the commutator subgroup of the pure braid groups. We provide a combinatorial description of it using isomorphism classes of certain families of graphs. We establish Poincaré dualities for them and prove a stabilization property for the infinite series of reflection groups.

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