On the structure of the Torelli group and the Casson invariant

DOI10.1016/0040-9383(91)90042-3zbMath0747.57010OpenAlexW2076897653WikidataQ126438117 ScholiaQ126438117MaRDI QIDQ1184327

Shigeyuki Morita

Publication date: 28 June 1992

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-9383(91)90042-3

zbMATH Keywords

Casson invariantTorelli groupmapping class group of a surfaceembedding of a surface into a homology 3-spherefourth nilpotent quotient of the fundamental group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05) Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34)

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