Lattice conjecture for prefixes of a braid Coxeter element

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Let BB be the associated braid group, let RR be its set of braid reflections, and let B+B_+ be the submonoid of BB generated by RR. Define a relation ≼\preccurlyeq on B+B_+ by

b≼b′⟺b−1b′∈B+.b\preccurlyeq b'\quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad b^{-1}b'\in B_+.

For b∈B+b\in B_+, set

Pb:={b′∈B+∣b′≼b}.P_b:=\{b'\in B_+\mid b'\preccurlyeq b\}.

A braid Coxeter element is an element of BB as defined in the preceding setup. Lattice conjecture. There exists a braid Coxeter element g∈Bg\in B satisfying the reduced-decomposition conjecture and such that (Pg,≼)(P_g,\preccurlyeq) is a lattice. This conjecture is intended to provide the key lattice property needed for the associated monoid to be quasi-Garside; its validity remains open in the general settings considered.

References

Primary source

David Bessis, “A dual braid monoid for the free group”, arXiv:math/0401324 (2004).

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