The paper considers orientation-preserving actions of finite groups \(G\) on closed orientable surfaces \(\Sigma_g\), of genus \(g\), and in particular large, almost free actions: the author calls such an action \textit{almost free} if it has exactly one orbit of points with non-trivial stabilizers, and \textit{large} if \(|G| \geq g\). Lifting to the universal covering, such a large, almost free action is uniformized by a Fuchsian group \(\Gamma_n\) with presentation \(\langle A,B \mid [A,B]^n = 1\rangle\) (i.e., of signature \((1;n)\)), with \(n>1\) (equivalently, the quotient surface \(\Sigma/G\) has genus one and a single branch point of degree \(n\)), and the \(G\)-action is determined by the canonical surjection \(p:\Gamma_n \to G\); in particular, \(G\) is non-abelian and generated by two elements (also, as a consequence of the formula of Riemann-Hurwitz, \(2(g-1) < |G| \leq 4(g-1)\)).NEWLINENEWLINETwo \(G\)-actions on a surface are equivalent if they are conjugate by a diffeomorphism of the surface (i.e., not allowing automorphisms of \(G\)). The main result of the paper states then that, for a non-abelian 2-generator group \(G\), the equivalence classes of large, almost free \(G\)-actions on closed orientable surfaces correspond to the Nielsen equivalence classes of generating pairs of \(G\) (which occur as \(p(A), p(B)\) for surjections \(p\) as above). We recall that two generating pairs are Nielsen equivalent if one can be obtained form the other by multiplying a generator by the other generator or its inverse, and then iterating; a crucial point in the proof of the main result is the fact that any two generating pairs of a group \(\Gamma_n\) are Nielsen equivalent. As applications and illustrations, the large, almost free actions on surfaces of genus 3 and 4 are considered as well as actions of the alternating group \(A_5\) and the special linear groups \(\text{SL}(2,p)\), \(p\) prime.
- T-systems of certain finite simple groups
- A lower bound for the number of group actions on a compact Riemann surface
- All generating pairs of all two-generator Fuchsian groups
- Classifying finite group actions on surfaces of low genus
- Combinatorial group theory.
- Correction to Two generator Fuchsian groups of genus one
- Finite Quotients of the Automorphism Group of a Free Group
- Free actions on handlebodies
- Generalized Montesinos knots, tunnels and \({\mathcal N}\)-torsion
- Generating systems of groups and Reidemeister-Whitehead torsion
- Generation and presentation of one-relator groups with centre
- Heegaard splittings of Seifert fibered spaces
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 46141 (Why is no real title available?)
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 475453 (Why is no real title available?)
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1047536 (Why is no real title available?)
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 975540 (Why is no real title available?)
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3303161 (Why is no real title available?)
- Minimal relation modules of free nilpotent groups
- Nielsen Equivalence and Simple-Homotopy Type
- Nielsen equivalence in Fuchsian groups and Seifert fibered spaces
- Nielsen equivalence of generating pairs of \(\mathrm{SL}(2,q)\).
- On T-systems of groups
- On Branch Loci in Teichmuller Space
- On the automorphisms of the classical groups. With a supplement by Loo-Keng Hua
- On the automorphisms of the symplectic group over any field
- On the complexity of the Heegaard structure of hyperbolic 3-manifolds
- The Classification of Non-Euclidean Plane Crystallographic Groups
- The Isomorphism Problem for Two-Generator One-Relator Groups with Torsion is Solvable
- Two generator Fuchsian groups of genus one
- Two-generator discrete subgroups of ๐๐๐ฟ(2,๐ )
- Writing elements of \(\mathrm{PSL}(2,q)\) as commutators.
- Zwei Klassen charakteristischer Untergruppen und ihre Faktorgruppen
This page was built for publication: Generating pairs and group actions
Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q392504)
