Finite index subgroups of mapping class groups

DOI10.1112/PLMS/PDT022zbMATH Open1294.57014arXiv1105.2468OpenAlexW3106272763MaRDI QIDQ5411920FDOQ5411920

Luis Paris, Volker Gebhardt, A. J. Berrick

Publication date: 25 April 2014

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $ggeq3$ and $ngeq0$, and let ${mathcalM}_{g,n}$ be the mapping class group of a surface of genus $g$ with $n$ boundary components. We prove that ${mathcalM}_{g,n}$ contains a unique subgroup of index $2^{g-1}(2^g-1)$ up to conjugation, a unique subgroup of index $2^{g-1}(2^g+1)$ up to conjugation, and the other proper subgroups of ${mathcalM}_{g,n}$ are of index greater than $2^{g-1}(2^g+1)$. In particular, the minimum index for a proper subgroup of ${mathcalM}_{g,n}$ is $2^{g-1}(2^g-1)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.2468

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class grouppermutation representationsymmetric groupfinite index subgroupsrepresentation of groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Maximal subgroups (20E28) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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