## Algebraic & Geometric Topology

### Unitary braid representations with finite image

#### Abstract

We characterize unitary representations of braid groups $Bn$ of degree linear in $n$ and finite images of such representations of degree exponential in $n$.

#### Article information

Source
Algebr. Geom. Topol., Volume 8, Number 4 (2008), 2063-2079.

Dates
Revised: 25 September 2008
Accepted: 29 September 2008
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513796925

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/agt.2008.8.2063

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2452917

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1187.20047

Subjects
Primary: 20F36: Braid groups; Artin groups
Secondary: 20C15: Ordinary representations and characters

#### Citation

Larsen, Michael; Rowell, Eric. Unitary braid representations with finite image. Algebr. Geom. Topol. 8 (2008), no. 4, 2063--2079. doi:10.2140/agt.2008.8.2063. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513796925

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