Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4596415 | Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra | 2013 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
We compute an integral twisted first cohomology group of the automorphism group of a free group with coefficients in the abelianization V of the IA-automorphism group of a free group. In particular, we show that it is generated by two crossed homomorphisms constructed with the Magnus representation and the Magnus expansion due to Morita and Kawazumi respectively. As a corollary, we see that the first Johnson homomorphism does not extend to the automorphism group of a free group as a crossed homomorphism if the rank of the free group is greater than 4.
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