{"title":"The Lawrence–Krammer representation is a quantization of the symmetric square of the Burau representation","authors":"Alexandr V. Kosyak","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.08.009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We show that the Lawrence–Krammer representation is a quantization of the symmetric square of the Burau representation. Here, by quantization we mean changing the natural numbers by <em>q</em>-natural numbers and the corresponding quantization of the Pascal triangle, appearing naturally in representations of the braid groups. This connection allows us to construct new representations of the braid groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"727 ","pages":"Pages 203-233"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024379525003453","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We show that the Lawrence–Krammer representation is a quantization of the symmetric square of the Burau representation. Here, by quantization we mean changing the natural numbers by q-natural numbers and the corresponding quantization of the Pascal triangle, appearing naturally in representations of the braid groups. This connection allows us to construct new representations of the braid groups.
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Linear Algebra and its Applications publishes articles that contribute new information or new insights to matrix theory and finite dimensional linear algebra in their algebraic, arithmetic, combinatorial, geometric, or numerical aspects. It also publishes articles that give significant applications of matrix theory or linear algebra to other branches of mathematics and to other sciences. Articles that provide new information or perspectives on the historical development of matrix theory and linear algebra are also welcome. Expository articles which can serve as an introduction to a subject for workers in related areas and which bring one to the frontiers of research are encouraged. Reviews of books are published occasionally as are conference reports that provide an historical record of major meetings on matrix theory and linear algebra.