Separating subgroups of mapping class groups in homological representations

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Abstract: Let Gamma be either the mapping class group of a closed surface of genus geq2, or the automorphism group of a free group of rank geq3. Given any homological representation ho of Gamma corresponding to a finite cover, and any term mathcalIk of the Johnson filtration, we show that ho(mathcalIk) has finite index in ho(mathcalI), the Torelli subgroup of Gamma. Since [mathcalI:mathcalIk]=infty for k>1, this implies for instance that no such representation is faithful.









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