Weak faithfulness properties for the Burau representation

DOI10.1016/0166-8641(95)00078-XzbMath0859.20028MaRDI QIDQ1916444

Patrick Dehornoy

Publication date: 10 April 1997

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Artin braid groupsBurau representationBurau matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Inequalities involving eigenvalues and eigenvectors (15A42) Other matrix groups over rings (20H25) Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05)

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