The Jones representation of genus 2 at the 4th root of unity and the Torelli group

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-138

  Kasahara, Yasushi ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Johnson homomorphism; Jones representation; Mapping class group; Torelli group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038013741     PISSN: 01668641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-8641(01)00242-5     Document Type: Article

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