The kernel of the Magnus representation of the automorphism group of a free group is not finitely generated.

DOI10.1017/S0305004111000338zbMATH Open1259.20044arXiv0910.0386OpenAlexW2963417038MaRDI QIDQ3095776FDOQ3095776

Authors: Takao Satoh 

Publication date: 4 November 2011

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we show that the abelianization of the kernel of the Magnus representation of the automorphism group of a free group is not finitely generated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0386

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zbMATH Keywords

automorphism groups of free groupsMagnus representationIA-automorphism groupsIA-automorphisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28)

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