Level-zero quaternionic subgroup conjecture for the Burau representation modulo pp

Let pp be a prime satisfying p1p\equiv1 (mod 6). Let Qp[0]\mathcal{Q}_{p}[0] be the quaternionic subgroup of level 00, let Kp\mathcal{K}_{p} be the relevant free group, let μp\mu_p be the map sending Kp\mathcal{K}_{p} into the ambient group, let Λp^[0]\widehat{\Lambda_p}[0] be the level-zero map, and let ϵp\epsilon_p be the map whose kernel is the indicated free subgroup. Level-zero quaternionic subgroup conjecture. The image group μp(Kp)\mu_p(\mathcal{K}_p) is contained in Qp[0]\mathcal{Q}_p[0], there are no additive generators in the rewritten words of the images of the generators of Kp\mathcal{K}_p under μp\mu_p, and

Λp^[0](μp(Kp))C3.\widehat{\Lambda_p}[0]\bigl(\mu_p(\mathcal{K}_p)\bigr)\cong C_3.

In particular,

μp(ker(ϵp))ker(Λp^[0]).\mu_p\bigl(\ker(\epsilon_p)\bigr)\subseteq\ker\bigl(\widehat{\Lambda_p}[0]\bigr).

For primes p>3p>3, the source notes that order-33 elements of Kp\mathcal{K}_p are conjugates of multiplicative generators, but the further structural assertion remains unproved.

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Primary source

Donsung Lee, “On the Burau representation of B_3 modulo p”, arXiv:2406.14538 (2024).

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