A simple presentation for the mapping class group of an orientable surface

DOI10.1007/BF02774014zbMath0533.57002OpenAlexW2085477292MaRDI QIDQ789781

Bronisław Wajnryb

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02774014

zbMATH Keywords

presentationmapping class groupDehn twistsorientable surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05) Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34)

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