The Burau representation of the braid group $B_n$ is unfaithful for large $n$
John Atwell Moody
Source: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) Volume 25, Number 2 (1991), 379-384.
Primary Subjects: 57M25
Secondary Subjects: 57N05
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