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Questions about the branch of algebra that deals with groups.

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Conjugation in SU(2)

It's not hard to explicitly construct G using the quaternions, assuming P is not \pm Q, and I think this is worth working out in detail because I really like this picture of SU(2). Identify SU(2) wit …
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Knot groups with big number of generators

If $\pi_1(S^3\setminus K)$ has a presentation with $n$ generators then its representation variety $\mathrm{Hom}(\pi_1(S^3\setminus K),SL_2(\mathbb{C}))$ is a subvariety of $(SL_2(\mathbb{C}))^n$, whic …
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Is ${\rm S}_6$ the automorphism group of a group?

${\rm S}_6$ is not the automorphism group of a finite group. See H.K. Iyer, On solving the equation Aut(X) = G, Rocky Mountain J. Math. 9 (1979), no. 4, 653--670, available online here. This paper pr …
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