Periodic surface automorphisms and algebraic independence of Morita-Mumford classes (Q5939846)

Let \(\Sigma_g\) be a closed oriented surface of genus \(g\) and \(\text{Diff}_{+}(\Sigma_g)\) the topological group consisting of all orientation preserving diffeomorphisms of \(\Sigma_g\) with the \(C^{\infty}\)-topology. The Morita-Mumford classes play essential roles in the integral cohomology of the classifying spaces \(B\text{ Diff}_{+}(\Sigma_g)\). The authors prove a vanishing theorem for the Morita-Mumford classes on periodic surface automorphisms and give an alternative proof of the stable rational algebraic independence of them, originally shown by \textit{E. Y. Miller} [J. Differ. Geom. 24, 1-14 (1986; Zbl 0618.57005)] and \textit{S. Morita} [Invent. Math. 90, 551-577 (1987; Zbl 0608.57020)].