Kyungpook Mathematical Journal

Department of Mathematics, Kyungpook National University (경북대학교 자연과학대학 수학과)
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Representations of the Braid Group and Punctured Torus Bundles

  • Received : 2007.12.26
  • Accepted : 2008.01.10
  • Published : 2009.03.31
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Abstract

In this short note, we consider a family of linear representations of the braid group and the fundamental group of a punctured torus bundle over the circle. We construct an irreducible (special) unitary representation of the fundamental group of a closed 3-manifold obtained by the Dehn filling.

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