Weak Faithfulness Properties for the Burau Representation
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چکیده
We study the components of the matrices that belong to the image of the Burau representation of braids, and establish both algebraic and order constraints for a given Laurent polynomial possibly be a component of such a Burau matrix. As an application partial faithfulness results for the Burau representation are deduced. AMS Classification: 20F36, 20H25, 15A24, 57M05.
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