Injections of mapping class groups (Q834387)

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Injections of mapping class groups
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    Injections of mapping class groups (English)
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    20 August 2009
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    The first main theorem of the paper shows that for all \(g \geq 2\) there exists \(h >g\) and an injective homomorphism \(\phi : \text{Mod}_g \rightarrow \text{Mod}_h\), where \(\text{Mod}_k\) denotes the mapping class group of a closed surface \(\Sigma_k\) of genus \(k\). These are examples of type-preserving homomorphisms, i.e. \(\phi\) maps pseudo-Anosov and reducible elements to pseudo-Anosov and reducible elements respectively. Further, for these examples, the authors obtain a \(\phi\)-equivariant isometric embedding of \(Teich(\Sigma_g)\) into \(Teich(\Sigma_h)\), where \(Teich\) denotes Teichmüller space. The techniques of proof are surprisingly elementary and clever. For punctured surfaces, the authors construct even more interesting examples. They show that for all \(g \geq 2\) there exists \(h >g\) and an injective homomorphism \(\psi : \text{Mod}_{g,1} \rightarrow \text{Mod}_{h,1}\) such that \(\psi\) is \textit{not} type-preserving. Here, \(\text{Mod}_{k,1}\) denotes the mapping class group of a surface \(\Sigma_{k,1}\) of genus \(k\) with one puncture. They further show that there is no \(\psi (\text{Mod}_{g,1})\)-invariant proper subset of \(\text{Teich}(\Sigma_{h,1})\) that is convex with respect to the Teichmüller metric. These examples therefore are very different in flavour from the first set of examples.
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    mapping class group
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    surface homeomorphism
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    monomorphism
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