Burau representation, Squier's form, and non-Abelian anyons
Abstract
We introduce a frequency-tunable, two-dimensional non-Abelian control of operation order constructed from the reduced Burau representation of the braid group , specialised at and unitarized by Squier's Hermitian form. Coupled to two non-commuting qubit unitaries , , the resulting switch admits a closed expression for the single-shot Helstrom success probability and a fixed-order ceiling , defining the fixed-order ceiling and the witness gaps and . The non-Abelian mixers can either enhance or suppress the bare switch advantage, which we quantify by the interference contrast . Across the Squier positivity region, takes both positive (constructive) and negative (destructive) values, a hallmark of matrix-valued (non-Abelian) order control, while certifies algebraic causal non-separability. Numerical simulations confirm both enhancement and suppression regimes, establishing a minimal braid control that reproduces the characteristic interference pattern expected from a \emph{Gedankenexperiment} in anyonic statistics.
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@article{arxiv.2510.18186,
title = {Burau representation, Squier's form, and non-Abelian anyons},
author = {Alexander Kolpakov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.18186},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
15 pages, 2 figures; GitHub repository at https://github.com/sashakolpakov/burau-switch