Big Mapping Class Groups: An Overview

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-55928-1_12zbMATH Open1479.57037arXiv2003.07950OpenAlexW3012201216MaRDI QIDQ3384103FDOQ3384103

Authors: Javier Aramayona, Nicholas G. Vlamis 

Publication date: 14 December 2021

Published in: In the Tradition of Thurston (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We survey recent developments on mapping class groups of surfaces of infinite topological type.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.07950

zbMATH Keywords

surveymapping class groupssurfaces of infinite topological type

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20)

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