The mapping class group is generated by two commutators

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2021.01.021zbMATH Open1462.20016arXiv1908.11306OpenAlexW3128554584MaRDI QIDQ1998952FDOQ1998952

Mustafa Korkmaz, R. İnanç Baykur

Publication date: 9 March 2021

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the mapping class group of any closed connected orientable surface of genus at least five is generated by only two commutators, and if the genus is three or four, by three commutators.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.11306

zbMATH Keywords

commutatorsmapping class groupsymplectic groupperfect groupsgenerators of a group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) Commutator calculus (20F12) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38)

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• Generating the mapping class group by two torsion elements
• The twist subgroup is generated by two elements
• The commutator subgroup of the braid group is generated by two elements
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• On minimal generating sets for the mapping class group of a punctured surface
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