2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/59485We give an exposition of the work of Bigelow and Krammer who proved that the Artin braid groups are linear.23 pages, no pictures. This is the text of my talk at the Bourbaki seminar (Paris, 25.06.2000)Geometric TopologyQuantum Algebra20F36; 57MxxFaithful Linear Representations of the Braid Groupstext