arXiv research

Study on faithfulness of Burau representation for Artin-Tits groups.

Proves Burau representation is faithful for 4-strand braids.

Proposes a weaker faithfulness assumption for causal discovery.

Bayesian networks are typically faithful, with implications for causal inference.

Two new metrics assess LLM faithfulness and entropy, improving model reliability.

We prove asymptotic faithfulness for the quantum $\mathrm{Sp}(4)$ mapping class group representation. This provides the first example of asymptotic faithfulness lying outside of the $A_n$ family. The methods used are generalized from the proof of asymptotic faithfulness for skein $SU(2)_k$ mapping class group represent…

Study evaluates feature ranking methods' faithfulness in ML models, improving with dimensionality reduction.

The main goal of this paper is to compute $μ(\g)$ and $μ_{nil}(\g)$ for each nilpotent Lie algebra $\g$ of dimension 6 over a field of characteristic zero $\k$. Here $μ(\g)$ and $μ_{nil}(\g)$ is the minimal dimension of a faithful representation of $\g$ and the minimal dimension of a faithful nilrepresentation of $\g$,…

The Burau representation is a natural action of the braid group B_n on the free Z[t,t^{-1}]-module of rank n-1. It is a longstanding open problem to determine for which values of n this representation is faithful. It is known to be faithful for n=3. Moody has shown that it is not faithful for n>8 and Long and Paton imp…

Paper relaxes faithfulness assumption for causal discovery using interventions.

In this article we study the space of left- and bi-invariant orderings on a torsion-free nilpotent group $G$. We will show that generally the set of such orderings is equipped with a faithful action of the automorphism group of $G$. We prove a result which allows us to establish the same conclusion when $G$ is assumed …

We show the set of faithful representations of a closed orientable hyperbolic surface group is dense in both irreducible components of the PSL(2,K) representation variety, where K is the field of real or complex numbers, answering a question of W. Goldman. We also prove the existence of faithful representations into PU…

The Burau representation of 3-strand braid group modulo p is determined and shown to be faithful for small p.

New algorithm estimates causal effects for non-Gaussian data.

Skein algebra action is faithful if quantum parameter isn't a root of 1.

The study evaluates how well local explanations align with model predictions.

This paper deals with chain graphs under the alternative Andersson-Madigan-Perlman (AMP) interpretation. In particular, we present a constraint based algorithm for learning an AMP chain graph a given probability distribution is faithful to. We also show that the extension of Meek's conjecture to AMP chain graphs does n…

The paper proposes new interpretability paradigms to improve model faithfulness.

Measures faithfulness of LLM explanations to reveal hidden biases and misleading claims.

In recent years the possibility of relaxing the so-called Faithfulness assumption in automated causal discovery has been investigated. The investigation showed (1) that the Faithfulness assumption can be weakened in various ways that in an important sense preserve its power, and (2) that weakening of Faithfulness may h…

We give a direct proof for the asymptotic faithfulness of the quantum $SU(n)$ representations of the mapping class groups using peak sections in Kodaira embedding. We give also estimates on the norm of the parallell transport of the projective connection on the Verlinde bundle. The faithfulness has been proved earlier …

We analyze two braid group representations and their reductions modulo p.

Counterexamples show Salter's question on Burau image is negative for n=4.

In this paper we investigate the spectral problem in Finsler geometry. Due to the nonlinearity of the Finsler-Laplacian operator, we introduce \textit{faithful dimension pairs} by means of which the spectrum of a compact reversible Finsler metric measure manifold is defined. Various upper and lower bounds of such eigen…

Based on a normal form for braid group elements suggested by Dehornoy, we prove several representations of braid groups by automorphisms of a free group to be faithful. This includes a simple proof of the standard Artin's representation being faithful.

We show that a certain linear representation of the singular braid monoid on three strands is faithful. Furthermore we will give a second - group theoretically motivated - solution to the word problem in this monoid.

This paper deals with chain graphs under the classic Lauritzen-Wermuth-Frydenberg interpretation. We prove that the regular Gaussian distributions that factorize with respect to a chain graph $G$ with $d$ parameters have positive Lebesgue measure with respect to $\mathbb{R}^d$, whereas those that factorize with respect…

ID-ExpO fine-tunes neural networks for more faithful explanations.

We prove that a free group F_2 admits a faithful discrete representation into Diff_{+}(I). We also prove that F_2 admits a faithful discrete representation into Homeo_{+}(I). Some properties of these representations have been studied. In the last section we raise several questions.

The faithfulness of the orthogonal group case of Brauer's representation of the Brauer centralizer algebras restricted to their Temperley-Lieb subalgebras, which was established by Vaughan Jones, is here proved in a new, elementary and self-contained, manner.

Consider the problem of learning, from non-experimental data, the causal (Markov equivalence) structure of the true, unknown causal Bayesian network (CBN) on a given, fixed set of (categorical) variables. This learning problem is known to be so hard that there is no learning algorithm that converges to the truth for al…

Finite index subgroups of certain groups cannot act faithfully on the circle.

We prove that the hyperelliptic mapping class group of a nonorientable surface of genus $g\geq 4$ has a faithful linear representation of dimension $g^2-1$ over $\mathbb{R}$.

Improved lower bounds for faithful linear representations of mapping class groups.

Method produces faithful representations of Garside groups and torus knot groups.

In this paper we construct a faithful representation of the mapping class group of the genus two surface into a group of matrices over the complex numbers. Our starting point is the Lawrence-Krammer representation of the braid group B_n, which was shown to be faithful by Bigelow and Krammer. We obtain a faithful repres…

We generalize the asymptotic faithfulness of the skein quantum $SU(2)$ representations of mapping class groups of orientable closed surfaces to skein $SU(3)$. Skein quantum representations of mapping class groups are different from the Reshetikin-Turaev ones from quantum groups or geometric quantization because they ar…

The Lawrence representation $L_{n,m}$ is a family of homological representation of the braid group $B_n$, which specializes to the reduced Burau and the Lawrence-Krammer representation when $m$ is 1 and 2. In this article we show that the Lawrence representation is faithful for $m \geq 2$.

The Burau representation of braid group B4 is shown to be faithful almost everywhere.

For any topological groupoid G and any homomorphism from a locally compact Hausdorff topological group K to G, we construct an associated monodromy group. We prove that Morita equivalent topological groupoids have the same monodromy groups. We show how the monodromy groups can be used to test if a Lie groupoid lacks fa…

Neural causal discovery methods fail to accurately uncover causal structures due to the faithfulness property.

Ideal attribution mechanisms track model interactions for faithful watermarks.

We show that the action of the mapping class group on bordered Floer homology in the second to extremal spin^c-structure is faithful. This paper is designed partly as an introduction to the subject, and much of it should be readable without a background in Floer homology.

Link between braid groups and q-deformed rationals solves a classification problem.

The paper explores representations of graph manifolds to Seifert motion groups.

In a previous work [11], the author considered a representation of the braid group ρ: B_n\to GL_m(\Bbb Z[q^{\pm 1},t^{\pm 1}]) (m=n(n-1)/2), and proved it to be faithful for n=4. Bigelow [3] then proved the same representation to be faithful for all n by a beautiful topological argument. The present paper gives a diffe…

A group action on a moduli space is shown to be faithful.

\begin{abstract} The reduced Burau representation is a natural action of the braid group $B_n$ on the first homology group $H_1({\tilde{D}}_n;\mathbb{Z})$ of a suitable infinite cyclic covering space ${\tilde{D}}_n$ of the $n$--punctured disc $D_n$. It is known that the Burau representation is faithful for $n\le 3$ and…