On the considerations adopted by Breidze and Traczyk towards the faithfulness of Burau representation for n=4

Abstract: This work discusses the open problem of the faithfulness of the reduced Burau representation for

n = 4

. Birman showed that in order to prove this representation is faithful, it is sufficient to find two matrices

A

and

B

that generate a free group of rank 2. Breidze and Traczyk proved that

A^{3}

and

B^{3}

generate the free group of rank 2. In our work, we show that

A^{2}

and

B^{2}

generate the free group of rank 2.

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