Separating twists and the Magnus representation of the Torelli group

DOI10.1007/s10711-011-9584-1zbMath1256.57005arXiv0804.3633MaRDI QIDQ715267

Thomas Church, Aaron Pixton

Publication date: 2 November 2012

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3633

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class group; Torelli group; orientable surface; Magnus representation; separating twists

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

57M07: Topological methods in group theory

20F38: Other groups related to topology or analysis

57M05: Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus

20F34: Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects)

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