On the kernel of the Gassner representation
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v2 Algebraic Topology
Representation Theory
Abstract
We study the Gassner representation of the pure braid group by considering its restriction to a free subgroup . The kernel of the restriction is shown to lie in the subgroup , sharpening a result of Lipschutz.
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@article{arxiv.math/0403455,
title = {On the kernel of the Gassner representation},
author = {Kevin P. Knudson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0403455},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pages, final version to appear in Arch. Math. (Basel)