Generating the mapping class group of a punctured surface by involutions

DOI10.3836/TJM/1327931386MaRDI QIDQ763993zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Naoyuki Monden

Publication date 3 April 2012

Published in Tokyo Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.0916

zbMATH Keywords

involutionsmapping class groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

Abstract: Let $Sigm{a}_{g,b}$ denote a closed orientable surface of genus $g$ with $b$ punctures and let $mMod(Sigm{a}_{extitg,b})$ denote its mapping class group. In [Luo] Luo proved that if the genus is at least 3, $mMod(Sigm{a}_{extitg,b})$ is generated by involutions. He also asked if there exists a universal upper bound, independent of genus and the number of punctures, for the number of torsion elements/involutions needed to generate $mMod(Sigm{a}_{extitg,b})$. Brendle and Farb [BF] gave an answer in the case of $ggeq3,b=0$ and $ggeq4,b=1$, by describing a generating set consisting of 6 involutions. Kassabov showed that for every $b$ $mMod(Sigm{a}_{extitg,b})$ can be generated by 4 involutions if $ggeq8$, 5 involutions if $ggeq6$ and 6 involutions if $ggeq4$. We proved that for every $b$ $mMod(Sigm{a}_{extitg,b})$ can be generated by 4 involutions if $ggeq7$ and 5 involutions if $ggeq5$.

Review text

It is a well-known consequence of the lantern relations in mapping class groups that mapping class groups of surfaces can be generated by finitely many involutions. The article under review extends work of Kassabov, which shows that the mapping class group of a surface \(S_{g,b}\) of genus \(g\) with \(b\) punctures is generated by four involutions if \(g>7\) or if \(g=7\) and \(b\) is even, five involutions if \(g>5\) or if \(g=5\) and \(b\) is even, and by six involutions if \(g>3\) or if \(g=3\) and \(b\) is even. The author complements these results by showing that the mapping class group is generated by four involutions if \(g=7\) and \(b\) is odd, and by five involutions if \(g=5\) and \(b\) is odd.

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