The classification conjecture for good braid-group representations

Let BkB_k be the braid group on kk strands and let SnS_n be the symmetric group. A homomorphism is canonical when n=kn=k and belongs to the canonical construction in the paper; it is standard when knk\ne n and knk\mid n and belongs to the standard family; and it is derived from a canonical or standard homomorphism when it is obtained by the paper's derivation construction.

Classification conjecture. Every good non-cyclic transitive homomorphism BkSnB_k\to S_n is canonical when n=kn=k, standard when knk\ne n and knk\mid n, or derived from a canonical or standard homomorphism when knk\nmid n.

This is the paper's proposed complete classification of good transitive non-cyclic permutation representations. The paper proves representative cases but does not establish the full assertion.

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Amiel Ferman, Tahl Nowik, Robert Schwartz and Mina Teicher, “New Permutation Representations of the Braid Group”, arXiv:0811.4204 (2008).

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