On the kernel of the Magnus representation of the Torelli group
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Abstract:
From our previous paper, it is known that the Magnus representation of the Torelli group is not faithful. In this paper, we characterize the kernel of its representation for a certain kind of elements.References
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Additional Information
- Masaaki Suzuki
- Affiliation: Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8914, Japan
- Email: macky@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp
- Received by editor(s): October 16, 2003
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: February 23, 2004
- Published electronically: December 20, 2004
- Additional Notes: The author was supported in part by JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists.
- Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
- © Copyright 2004
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The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 133 (2005), 1865-1872
- MSC (2000): Primary 57M05; Secondary 20F34, 57N05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07766-4
- MathSciNet review: 2120289