Most big mapping class groups fail the Tits alternative

DOI10.2140/AGT.2021.21.3675MaRDI QIDQ2070110zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Allcock

Publication date 21 January 2022

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.01310

zbMATH Keywords

big mapping class groupmapping class group of a surfaceTits alternative

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20)

Abstract: Let $X$ be a surface, possibly with boundary. Suppose it has infinite genus or infinitely many punctures, or a closed subset which is a disk with a Cantor set removed from its interior. For example, $X$ could be any surface of infinite type with only finitely many boundary components. We prove that the mapping class group of $X$ does not satisfy the Tits Alternative. That is, Map$(X)$ contains a finitely generated subgroup that is not virtually solvable and contains no nonabelian free group.

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