Mapping class group is generated by three involutions

DOI10.4310/MRL.2020.V27.N4.A6MaRDI QIDQ1996264zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 4 March 2021

Published in Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.08156

zbMATH Keywords

surfaceinvolutionsgenerators of mapping class group

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: We prove that the mapping class group of a closed connected orientable surface of genus at least eight is generated by three involutions.

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