Generating the Torelli group

DOI10.4171/LEM/58-1-8zbMATH Open1273.57011arXiv1110.0876MaRDI QIDQ353419FDOQ353419

Authors: Dan Margalit, Allen Hatcher 

Publication date: 12 July 2013

Published in: L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a new proof of the theorem of Birman-Powell that the Torelli subgroup of the mapping class group of a closed orientable surface of genus at least 3 is generated by simple homeomorphisms known as bounding pair maps. The key ingredient is a proof that the subcomplex of the curve complex of the surface spanned by curves within a fixed homology class is connected.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.0876

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zbMATH Keywords

surfacemapping class groupbounding pair mapscomplex of curvesmulticurves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

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