An approach to automorphisms of free groups and braids via transvections

DOI10.1007/BF02570826zbMath0757.20006MaRDI QIDQ1188030

Stephen P. Humphries

Publication date: 3 August 1992

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/174356

zbMATH Keywords

free groupautomorphismsfaithful representationspure braid group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Free nonabelian groups (20E05)

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