Extensions of braid group representations to the monoid of singular braids

Valeriy G. Bardakov, Nafaa Chbili, Tatyana A. Kozlovskaya

Given a representation $\phi :B_n\to G_n$ of the braid group $B_n$, $n\ge 2$ into a group $G_n$, we are considering the problem of whether it is possible to extend this repres…