Resonance of basis-conjugating automorphism groups

Cohen, Daniel

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-09-09858-X

Resonance of basis-conjugating automorphism groups
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by Daniel C. Cohen

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 2835-2841

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-09-09858-X

Published electronically: February 16, 2009

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Abstract:

We determine the structure of the first resonance variety of the cohomology ring of the group of automorphisms of a finitely generated free group which act by conjugation on a given basis.

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