Free and linear representations of Out(F_n)

Mon, 20/02/2012
15:45
Dawid Kielak (Oxford) Topology Seminar Add to calendar L3
For a fixed n we will investigate homomorphisms Out(F_n) to Out(F_m) (i.e. free representations) and Out(F_n) to GL_m(K) (i.e. K-linear representations). We will completely classify both kinds of representations (at least for suitable fields K) for a range of values $ m $.