Generating the mapping class group of a nonorientable surface by two elements or by three involutions

DOI10.1007/S00574-022-00299-4zbMATH Open1505.57021arXiv2104.10958OpenAlexW3154926930MaRDI QIDQ2091183FDOQ2091183

Oğuz Yıldız, Mehmetcik Pamuk, Tülin Altunöz

Publication date: 31 October 2022

Published in: Bulletin of the Brazilian Mathematical Society. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that, for $ggeq19$ the mapping class group of a nonorientable surface of genus $g$, $extrmMod(N_g)$, can be generated by two elements, one of which is of order $g$. We also prove that for $ggeq26$, $extrmMod(N_g)$ can be generated by three involutions if $ggeq26$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.10958

zbMATH Keywords

involutionsmapping class groupsnonorientable surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20)

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