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On the linearity of automorphism groups of free groups

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  1. Joan L. Dyer

    Present address: Department of Mathematics, Lehman College of the City, University of New York, 10468, The Bronx, N. Y., USA

  2. Edward Formanek

    Present address: Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, Pa., USA

  3. Edna K. Grossman

    Present address: Research Center, 10598, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA

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    Work done while author was a Visiting Scientist under the auspices of the Mathematical Sciences Department, IBM Thomas T. Wabon Research Center, on leave from the City University of New York, Lehman College and Graduate Center.

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    Dyer, J.L., Formanek, E. & Grossman, E.K. On the linearity of automorphism groups of free groups. Arch. Math 38, 404–409 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01304807

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