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Faithful Linear Representations of the Braid Groups

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We give an exposition of the work of Bigelow and Krammer who proved that the Artin braid groups are linear.

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@article{arxiv.math/0006202,
  title  = {Faithful Linear Representations of the Braid Groups},
  author = {Vladimir Turaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0006202},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

23 pages, no pictures. This is the text of my talk at the Bourbaki seminar (Paris, 25.06.2000)