Liftable mapping class groups of regular cyclic covers

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Abstract: Let mathrmMod(Sg) be the mapping class group of the closed orientable surface of genus ggeq1. For kgeq2, we consider the standard k-sheeted regular cover pk:Sk(g1)+1oSg, and analyze the liftable mapping class group mathrmLModpk(Sg) associated with the cover pk. In particular, we show that mathrmLModpk(Sg) is the stabilizer subgroup of mathrmMod(Sg) with respect to a collection of vectors in H1(Sg,mathbbZk), and also derive a symplectic criterion for the liftability of a given mapping class under pk. As an application of this criterion, we obtain a normal series of mathrmLModpk(Sg), which generalizes a well known normal series of congruence subgroups in mathrmSL(2,mathbbZ). Among other applications, we describe a procedure for obtaining a finite generating set for mathrmLModpk(Sg) and examine the liftability of certain finite-order and pseudo-Anosov mapping classes.









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