Boyd's homological formulation of the K(π,1)K(\pi,1) conjecture

Let AΓ+A_\Gamma^+ be the Artin monoid associated with an Artin group AΓA_\Gamma, and let ZAΓ+\mathbb Z A_\Gamma^+ and ZAΓ\mathbb Z A_\Gamma be their monoid and group rings. The inclusion AΓ+AΓA_\Gamma^+\hookrightarrow A_\Gamma induces the relevant extension of scalars. Boyd's conjecture. One has

TorZAΓ+(ZAΓ,Z)=0\operatorname{Tor}_*^{\mathbb Z A_\Gamma^+}(\mathbb Z A_\Gamma,\mathbb Z)=0

for all 1*\geq 1. This homological vanishing is presented as equivalent to the K(π,1)K(\pi,1) conjecture, via the homotopy equivalence of the classifying spaces of the Artin monoid and group.

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Rachael Boyd, “An introduction to the geometric and combinatorial group theory of Artin groups”, arXiv:2601.08658 (2026).

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