A faithful polynomial representation of Out F3

DOI10.1017/S0305004100078026zbMath0733.20031OpenAlexW1992169800MaRDI QIDQ3360389

James McCool

Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305004100078026

zbMATH Keywords

free grouplinear charactersfaithful representationouter automorphism groupNielsen presentationspolynomial ring in seven variablesvirtually residually torsion-free nilpotent

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) Other matrix groups over fields (20H20)

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