Liftable mapping class groups of regular cyclic covers

zbMATH Open1489.57016arXiv1911.05682MaRDI QIDQ5073006FDOQ5073006

Nikita Agarwal, Kashyap Rajeevsarathy, Neeraj K. Dhanwani, Soumya Dey

Publication date: 5 May 2022

Abstract: Let $mathrmMod(S_g)$ be the mapping class group of the closed orientable surface of genus $ggeq1$. For $kgeq2$, we consider the standard $k$-sheeted regular cover $p_k:S_{k(g-1)+1}o{S}_g$, and analyze the liftable mapping class group $mathrm{LMod}_{p_k}(S_g)$ associated with the cover $p_k$. In particular, we show that $mathrm{LMod}_{p_k}(S_g)$ is the stabilizer subgroup of $mathrmMod(S_g)$ with respect to a collection of vectors in $H_1(S_g,mathbb{Z}_k)$, and also derive a symplectic criterion for the liftability of a given mapping class under $p_k$. As an application of this criterion, we obtain a normal series of $mathrm{LMod}_{p_k}(S_g)$, 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 $mathrm{LMod}_{p_k}(S_g)$ and examine the liftability of certain finite-order and pseudo-Anosov mapping classes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.05682

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zbMATH Keywords

surfaceregular coversnormal seriesliftable mapping class

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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