On minimal finite quotients of mapping class groups

DOI10.1216/RMJ-2012-42-4-1411MaRDI QIDQ691286zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Bruno Zimmermann

Publication date 30 November 2012

Published in Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3144, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1348752092

zbMATH Keywords

finite quotients of mapping class groupsmapping class groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphism groups of groups (20F28)

Abstract: We prove that the minimal nontrivial finite quotient group of the mapping class group M_g of a closed orientable surface of genus g is the symplectic group PSp(2g,Z_2), for g = 3 and 4 (this might remain true, however, for arbitrary genus g > 2). We discuss also some results for arbitrary genus g.

Review text

Let \(\mathcal{M}_g\) denote the mapping class group of a closed surface of genus \(g\). In the article under review, the author shows that when \(g=3,4\), the group \(PSp_{2g}(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})\) is the minimal finite quotient of \(\mathcal{M}_g\). In higher genus, the author shows that if \(G\) is a finite simple quotient of \(\mathcal{M}_g\) then \(G\) is either a projective symplectic group over a finite field or it contains an element of order \(4g+2\). The author exploits bounds on the sizes of groups of automorphisms of Riemann surfaces, together with some facts about generating finite simple groups, in order to achieve a proof of the results.

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