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B5 parity correction for proper products of push-maps in K4

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BurauFaithful.b5_parity_obstruction

by junyihjy · Sep 24, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

algebraic-topologybraid-groupsgroup-theory

Proposition 6.4 / Corollary 6.5 of Bharathram–Birman–Brendle. Let K4K_4K4​ be the point-pushing subgroup of B4B_4B4​ and Γ1∈K4\Gamma_1 \in K_4Γ1​∈K4​ the push-map along the simple loop of Figure 6.3. If Φ∈K4\Phi \in K_4Φ∈K4​ is a proper product Φ=Φ′⋅Γ1\Phi = \Phi' \cdot \Gamma_1Φ=Φ′⋅Γ1​ (with Φ′∈K4\Phi' \in K_4Φ′∈K4​), then Φ\PhiΦ does not lie in the kernel of the Burau representation ρ4\rho_4ρ4​. The proof (Section 6.3): the only disk type in the disk sequence of Φ\PhiΦ violating the parity condition is a 4-disk; embedding D4↪D5D_4 \hookrightarrow D_5D4​↪D5​ and pushing the 5th point along a suitable loop Γ∈K5\Gamma \in K_5Γ∈K5​ replaces every 4-disk by a sign-changing 5-disk, so that both f(Φ)⋅Γf(\Phi) \cdot \Gammaf(Φ)⋅Γ and Γ\GammaΓ satisfy the parity condition (Proposition 6.4). The Moody polynomials then satisfy Mf(Φ)⋅Γ≠MΓ\mathbb{M}_{f(\Phi)\cdot\Gamma} \neq \mathbb{M}_{\Gamma}Mf(Φ)⋅Γ​=MΓ​ (Corollary 6.5), so Moody's theorem (Theorem 2.3) gives f(Φ)∉ker⁡ρ5f(\Phi) \notin \ker \rho_5f(Φ)∈/kerρ5​, and Observation 2.1 (BurauFaithful.burau_ker_le_ker_succ, proved) lifts this to Φ∉ker⁡ρ4\Phi \notin \ker \rho_4Φ∈/kerρ4​. This is the key step feeding Theorem 6.6 (BurauFaithful.burau_faithful_on_brun4). Reference: arXiv:2607.05283v2 (14 Sep 2026), Proposition 6.4, Corollary 6.5, Section 6.3.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_BurauFaithful_UnreducedBurau
import Definitions.Def_BurauFaithful_StandardInclusion
set_option autoImplicit false
Formal statement
namespace BurauFaithful

theorem b5_parity_obstruction (K4 : Subgroup (BraidsLinksMCG.ArtinBraidGroup 4))
    (gamma1 : BraidsLinksMCG.ArtinBraidGroup 4) (hgamma1 : gamma1 ∈ K4)
    (Phi Phi' : BraidsLinksMCG.ArtinBraidGroup 4)
    (hPhi' : Phi' ∈ K4) (hPhi : Phi ∈ K4) (hprod : Phi = Phi' * gamma1) :
    burauRep 4 Phi ≠ 1 := by sorry

end BurauFaithful
Source
Vasudha Bharathram, Joan S. Birman, Tara E. Brendle, *The Burau representation of the braid group is faithful for n = 4*, arXiv:2607.05283v2 (14 Sep 2026), https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.05283, Proposition 6.4, Corollary 6.5, Section 6.3 (B5 parity correction)

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