On the kernel of the Gassner representation.

DOI10.1007/S00013-005-1271-8MaRDI QIDQ2569211zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kevin P. Knudson

Publication date 18 October 2005

Published in Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0403455

zbMATH Keywords

Gassner representationkernels of restrictionspure braid groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36)

Abstract: We study the Gassner representation of the pure braid group $P_n$ by considering its restriction to a free subgroup $F$. The kernel of the restriction is shown to lie in the subgroup $[Gamm{a}^{3}F,Gamm{a}^{2}F]$, sharpening a result of Lipschutz.

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