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 groups; Burau representation; Burau matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20F36: Braid groups; Artin groups

15A42: Inequalities involving eigenvalues and eigenvectors

20H25: Other matrix groups over rings

57M05: Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus

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