ROOTS OF DEHN TWISTS ABOUT MULTICURVES

DOI10.1017/S0017089517000283zbMATH Open1409.57022arXiv1506.01534OpenAlexW2963775291MaRDI QIDQ3177345FDOQ3177345

Prahlad Vaidyanathan, Kashyap Rajeevsarathy

Publication date: 24 July 2018

Published in: Glasgow Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A extit{multicurve} $C$ on a closed orientable surface is defined to be a finite collection of disjoint non-isotopic essential simple closed curves. The Dehn twist $t_C$ about $C$ is the product of the Dehn twists about the individual curves. In this paper, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a root of such a Dehn twist, that is, a homeomorphism $h$ such that $h^n=t_C$. We give combinatorial data that corresponds to such roots, and use it to determine upper bounds for $n$. Finally, we classify all such roots up to conjugacy for surfaces of genus 3 and 4.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01534

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupDehn twistmulticurve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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