Linear representations of the automorphism group of a free group

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1564-1608

  Grunewald, Fritz ^a   Lubotzky, Alexander ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automorphism groups of free groups; Linear representations; Relation modules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855790580     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-009-0702-2     Document Type: Article

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