Higher-order signature cocycles for subgroups of mapping class groups and homology cylinders

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNR149zbMATH Open1257.57014arXiv1003.4977OpenAlexW1970538784MaRDI QIDQ2905262FDOQ2905262

Authors: Tim D. Cochran, Peter D. Horn, Shelly Harvey 

Publication date: 27 August 2012

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define families of invariants for elements of the mapping class group of S, a compact orientable surface. Fix any characteristic subgroup H of pi_1(S) and restrict to J(H), any subgroup of mapping classes that induce the identity modulo H. To any unitary representation, r of pi_1(S)/H we associate a higher-order rho_r-invariant and a signature 2-cocycle sigma_r. These signature cocycles are shown to be generalizations of the Meyer cocycle. In particular each rho_r is a quasimorphism and each sigma_r is a bounded 2-cocycle on J(H). In one of the simplest non-trivial cases, by varying r, we exhibit infinite families of linearly independent quasimorphisms and signature cocycles. We show that the rho_r restrict to homomorphisms on certain interesting subgroups. Many of these invariants extend naturally to the full mapping class group and some extend to the monoid of homology cylinders based on S.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.4977

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zbMATH Keywords

Johnson homomorphism\(3\)-manifold invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36)

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