Small generating sets for the Torelli group

DOI10.2140/GT.2012.16.111zbMATH Open1296.57008arXiv1106.3294OpenAlexW3101025389MaRDI QIDQ422816FDOQ422816

Authors: Andrew Putman 

Publication date: 18 May 2012

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Proving a conjecture of Dennis Johnson, we show that the Torelli subgroup of the mapping class group has a finite generating set whose size grows cubically with respect to the genus of the surface. Our main tool is a new space called the handle graph on which the Torelli group acts cocompactly.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.3294

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zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupTorelli group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38)

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