Simple closed curves in stable covers of surfaces

DOI10.1090/TRAN/8940arXiv2109.13310OpenAlexW3201757976MaRDI QIDQ6135839FDOQ6135839

Authors: Nick Salter 

Publication date: 28 August 2023

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $f:XoY$ be a regular covering of a surface $Y$ of finite type with nonempty boundary, with finitely-generated (possibly infinite) deck group $G$. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for an integral homology class on $X$ to admit a representative as a connected component of the preimage of a nonseparating simple closed curve on $Y$, possibly after passing to a "stabilization", i.e. a $G$-equivariant embedding of covering spaces $Xhookrightarrow{X}^{+}$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.13310

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20)

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• One-relator surface groups
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