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Spaces of graphs and surfaces: on the work of Søren Galatius

Author: Ulrike Tillmann
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 73-90
MSC (2010): Primary 20J06
Posted: October 19, 2011
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Abstract: We put Soren Galatius's result on the homology of the automorphism group of free groups into context. In particular we explain its relation to the Mumford conjecture and the main ideas of the proofs.

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