The burau representation of the braid group Bn is unfaithful for large n

Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 379-384

  Moody, John Atwell ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84967710268     PISSN: 02730979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1991-16080-5     Document Type: Note

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