On the linearity of certain mapping class groups

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-371

  Korkmaz, Mustafa ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Braid groups; Linear groups; Mapping class groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 20144384383     PISSN: 13000098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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