Moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces as Hurwitz spaces

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Abstract: We consider the moduli space mathfrakMg,n of Riemann surfaces of genus gge0 with nge1 ordered and directed marked points. For dge2g+n1, we show that mathfrakMg,n is homotopy equivalent to a component of the generalised Hurwitz space mathrmHurDelta(mathfrakSdmathrmgeo), associated with the partially multiplicative quandle mathfrakSdmathrmgeo. As an application, we give a new proof of the Mumford conjecture on the stable rational cohomology of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces. We also provide a combinatorial model for the infinite loop space Omegainfty2mathrmMTSO(2) of Hurwitz flavour.









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