Classifying spaces for the family of virtually cyclic subgroups of braid groups

Abstract

We prove that, for n≥ 3, the minimal dimension of a model of the classifying space of the full braid group Bn, and of the pure braid group Pn, with respect to the family of virtually cyclic groups is n.

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