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The Burau representation of the braid group $B_n$ is unfaithful for large $n$
Author:
John Atwell Moody
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 25 (1991), 379-384
MSC (1985):
Primary 57M25; Secondary 57N05
MathSciNet review:
1098347
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DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1991-16080-5
PII:
S 0273-0979(1991)16080-5
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