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arxiv: 1606.05166 · v2 · pith:WOREQ7OPnew · submitted 2016-06-16 · 🧮 math.GT

A Burau-Alexander 2-functor on tangles

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We construct a weak 2-functor from the bicategory of oriented tangles to a bicategory of Lagrangian cospans. This functor simultaneously extends the Burau representation of the braid groups, its generalization to tangles due to Turaev and the first-named author, and the Alexander module of 1 and 2-dimensional links.

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