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AUTOMORPHISM GROUPS OF FREE GROUPS

Part of: Special aspects of infinite or finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

M. F. NEWMAN
M. F. NEWMAN*
Affiliation:
Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University, ACT 0200, Australia (email: [email protected])
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Abstract

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This note contains some remarks on generating pairs for automorphism groups of free groups. There has been significant use of electronic assistance. Little of this is used to verify the results.

Keywords

automorphism groupsfree groupscomputation

MSC classification

Secondary: 20F28: Automorphism groups of groups
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 85 , Issue 3 , December 2008 , pp. 341 - 345
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2009

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