On endomorphisms of surface mapping class groups

DOI10.1016/S0040-9383(99)00069-5MaRDI QIDQ5939195zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mustafa Korkmaz

Publication date 19 September 2002

Published in Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9904125

zbMATH Keywords

Hopfian group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

Abstract: We prove that every endomorphism of the mapping class group of an orientable surface onto a subgroup of finite index is in fact an automorphism.

Review text

Let \(M_S\) be the mapping class group, i.e. the group of isotopy classes of orientation-preserving homeomorphisms \(S\to S\) where \(S\) is a compact, connected, orientable surface of genus \(g\) with \(b\) boundary components. A group \(G\) is Hopfian if every homomorphism from \(G\) onto itself is an automorphism. \(M_S\) is Hopfian since it is residually finite and finitely generated. The author and McCarthy have previously shown that every homomorphism \(\psi: M_S\to M_S\) with \(\psi(M_S)\) normal and \(M_S/\psi (M_S)\) cyclic is an automorphism unless \(S\) is an annulus, a sphere with four holes or a torus with two or more holes. In this paper, the author shows that if \(\varphi\) is an endomorphism of \(M_S\) such that \(\varphi (M_S)\) has finite index in \(M_S\) then \(\varphi\) is an automorphism except in the case of \(g=0\) with \(b=2\), 3, or 4 and \(g=1\) with \(b=2\).

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