The groups Gk+1k and fundamental groups of configuration spaces
Vassily Olegovich Manturov · 2020
In \cite{HigherGnk}, the author has constructed natural maps from fundamental groups of topological spaces (restricted configuration spaces) to the groups $G_{n}^{k}$. In the present paper, we show that in the case of $n=k+1$, the group $G_{k+1}^{k}$ is isomorphic to the fundamental group of some (quotient space of) some configuration space. In particular, this leads to the solution of word and conjugacy problems in $G_{4}^{3}$ and sheds light on $G_{k+1}^{k}$ for higher $k$.