Braid groups are linear

Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 471-486

  Bigelow, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Braid group; Linear; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035578590     PISSN: 08940347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-00-00361-1     Document Type: Article

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