The crossing matrix and the Burau matrix of pure braids
Ayaka Shimizu, Yoshiro Yaguchi
Abstract
We show that the first derivative of the Burau matrix at t=1 coincides with the Laplacian of the crossing matrix for pure braids. We also discuss conjugacy invariants derived from these matrices.
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