Algebraic linearity for an automorphism of a surface group

DOI10.1016/0022-4049(88)90094-1zbMath0646.57007OpenAlexW2150948712MaRDI QIDQ1103919

Joan S. Birman, Caroline Series

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-4049(88)90094-1

zbMATH Keywords

train trackscompact surface with boundaryaction on the positive linear span of weightsautomorphism of the fundamental group of a surfacecoinitial graphsisotopy classes of families of pairwise disjoint simple loops

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