On the kernel of the Gassner representation

Abstract

We study the Gassner representation of the pure braid group Pn by considering its restriction to a free subgroup F. The kernel of the restriction is shown to lie in the subgroup [3 F,2 F], sharpening a result of Lipschutz.

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