The only normal generators of the Torelli group of a closed surface I can find is Powell's 1977 paper (where the presentation is a bit complicated and given essentially without proof). Is there any more enlightening or smaller presentation? I would also be interested in such a result for $\mbox{Aut}(\pi_1(F_g))$ (as opposed to $\mbox{Out}(\pi_1(F_g))$.
Normal generation of Torelli
Igor Rivin
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