The Burau representation is not faithful for n ≥ 6

Topology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 439-447

  Long, D D ^a,b   Paton, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38249002252     PISSN: 00409383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-9383(93)90030-Y     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Braids, links and 3-manifolds
2. Hecke algebra representations of braid groups and link polynomials
3. On the linear representations of braid groups
4. On a theorem of V.I. Arnold
5. The Burau representation is unfaithful for large n