Simply intersecting pair maps in the mapping class group

DOI10.1142/S0218216512501076MaRDI QIDQ4904842zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Leah R. Childers

Publication date 11 February 2013

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.4751

zbMATH Keywords

Birman-Craggs-Johnson homomorphismJohnson homomorphismJohnson kernelmapping class groupTorelli group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

Abstract: The Torelli group, I(S_g), is the subgroup of the mapping class group consisting of elements that act trivially on the homology of the surface. There are three types of elements that naturally arise in studying I(S_g): bounding pair maps, separating twists, and simply intersecting pair maps (SIP-maps). Historically the first two types of elements have been the focus of the literature on I(S_g), while SIP-maps have received relatively little attention until recently, due to an infinite presentation of I(S_g) introduced by Andrew Putman that uses all three types of elements. We will give a topological characterization of the image of an SIP-map under the Johnson homomorphism and Birman-Craggs-Johnson homomorphism. We will also classify which SIP-maps are in the kernel of these homomorphisms. Then we will look at the subgroup generated by all SIP-maps, SIP(S_g), and show it is an infinite index subgroup of I(S_g).

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