Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4596415 Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 2013 16 Pages PDF
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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