Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 10, issue 2 (2010)

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Infinite generation of the kernels of the Magnus and Burau representations

Thomas Church and Benson Farb

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 10 (2010) 837–851

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2010.10.837

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