Generating the Torelli group (Q353419)

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Generating the Torelli group
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    Generating the Torelli group (English)
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    12 July 2013
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    Summary: We give a new proof of the theorem of Birman-Powell that the Torelli subgroup of the mapping classgroup of a closed orientable surface of genus at least 3 is generated by simple homeomorphisms known as bounding pair maps. The key ingredient is a proof that the subcomplex of the curve complex of the surface spanned by curves within a fixed homology class is connected.
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    multicurves
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    complex of curves
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    surface
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    bounding pair maps
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    mapping class group
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