Infinite generation of the kernels of the Magnus and Burau representations.

DOI10.2140/agt.2010.10.837zbMath1201.20033arXiv0909.4825OpenAlexW2790531094MaRDI QIDQ969668

Benson Farb, Thomas Church

Publication date: 7 May 2010

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4825

zbMATH Keywords

braid groupsBurau representationTorelli groupsMagnus representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38)

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