The Interplay between Linear Representations of the Braid Group

We consider Wada's representation as a twisted version of the standard action of the braid group, Bn, on the free group with n generators. Constructing a free group, Gnm, of rank nm, we compose Cohen's map Bn→Bnm and the embedding Bnm→Aut(Gnm) via Wada's map. We prove that the composi...

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Main Authors: Mohammad N. Abdulrahim, Nibal H. Kassem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2007-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/16186
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Summary:We consider Wada's representation as a twisted version of the standard action of the braid group, Bn, on the free group with n generators. Constructing a free group, Gnm, of rank nm, we compose Cohen's map Bn→Bnm and the embedding Bnm→Aut(Gnm) via Wada's map. We prove that the composition factors of the obtained representation are one copy of Burau representation and m−1 copies of the standard representation after changing the parameter t to tk in the definitions of the Burau and standard representations. This is a generalization of our previous result concerning the standard Artin representation of the braid group.
ISSN:0161-1712
1687-0425