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- View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:In this paper we use ideas introduced earlier by Moody, Long, Long-Paton, and Bigelow to prove the theorem of the title, that the Burau representation of the classical braid group is faithful for n = 4.
- An immediate corollary is that the Jones representation of the braid group is also faithful for n = 4.
- Comments: 26 pages, 28 figures Subjects: Geometric Topology (math.
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- View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:In this paper we use ideas introduced earlier by Moody, Long, Long-Paton, and Bigelow to prove the theorem of the title, that the Burau representation of the classical braid group is faithful for n = 4.
- An immediate corollary is that the Jones representation of the braid group is also faithful for n = 4.
Sources: Arxiv