Kyungpook Mathematical Journal

  • 제49권1호
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  • Pages.7-14
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  • 2009
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  • 1225-6951(pISSN)
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  • 0454-8124(eISSN)
경북대학교 자연과학대학 수학과 (Department of Mathematics, Kyungpook National University)
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Representations of the Braid Group and Punctured Torus Bundles

  • 투고 : 2007.12.26
  • 심사 : 2008.01.10
  • 발행 : 2009.03.31
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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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