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The nontrivial kernel of Manturov-Nikonov map from classical braids to virtual braids

Geometric Topology 2026-03-31 v1

Abstract

In 2022, V. O. Manturov and I. M. Nikonov \cite{Man22} constructed two composite maps, one of them is following: PBn+1pkCPBnfdVCBnρGLn(Z[t±1,s±1])PB_{n+1} \overset{p_k}{\rightarrow} CPB_{n} \overset{f_d}{\rightarrow} VCB_{n}\overset{\rho}{\rightarrow} GL_n(\mathbb{Z}[t^{\pm 1},s^{\pm 1}]) In this paper, we prove that M-N is unfaithful if k6k\geq 6 since Burau kernel is a subgroup of M-N kernel.

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@article{arxiv.2603.26851,
  title  = {The nontrivial kernel of Manturov-Nikonov map from classical braids to virtual braids},
  author = {Yangzhou Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.26851},
  year   = {2026}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures