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Irreducible decomposition of the Magnus representation of the Torelli group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Masaaki Suzuki
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8914, Japan, e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In this paper we describe the irreducible decomposition of the Magnus representation of the Torelli group.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2003

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