Representing braids by automorphisms
Group Theory
2007-05-23 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
Based on a normal form for braid group elements suggested by Dehornoy, we prove several representations of braid groups by automorphisms of a free group to be faithful. This includes a simple proof of the standard Artin's representation being faithful.
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@article{arxiv.math/0203167,
title = {Representing braids by automorphisms},
author = {Vladimir Shpilrain},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0203167},
year = {2007}
}
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6 pages