Generating the mapping class group by two torsion elements

DOI10.1007/S00009-022-01978-8MaRDI QIDQ2113565zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Oğuz Yıldız

Publication date 14 March 2022

Published in Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.05789

zbMATH Keywords

generating setmapping class grouporientable surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Geometric group theory (20F65) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

Abstract: We prove that the mapping class group of a closed connected orientable surface of genus $g$ is generated by two elements of order $g$ for $ggeq6$. Moreover, for $ggeq7$ we found a generating set of two elements, of order $g$ and $g^{\prime }$ which is the least divisor of $g$ such that $g^{\prime }>2$. Furthermore, we proved that it is generated by two elements of order $g/gcd(g,k)$ for $ggeq3k^2+4k+1$ and any positive integer $k$.

Review text

Let \(\Sigma_g\) be the closed, orientable connected surface of genus \(g\) and \(\mathrm{Mod}(\Sigma_g)\) the corresponding mapping class group. Theorem 1. \(\mathrm{Mod}(\Sigma_g)\) is generated by two elements of order \(g\) for \(g \ge 6\). Theorem 2. For \(g \ge 7\), \(\mathrm{Mod}(\Sigma_g)\) is generated by two elements of order \(g\) and order \(g'\) where \(g'\) is the least divisor of \(g\) such that \(g'>2\). Theorem 3. For \(g \ge 3k^2 + 4k + 1\) and any positive integer \(k\), the group \(\mathrm{Mod}(\Sigma_g)\) is generated by two elements of order \(g/ \gcd(g, k)\).

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