Characterizing covers via simple closed curves

DOI10.1007/S10711-022-00760-0MaRDI QIDQ6344134arXivFDO

Authors Tarik Aougab, Max Lahn, Marissa Loving, Yang Xiao

Publication date 30 June 2020

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S10711-022-00760-0

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

arXiv classification

math.GT

Abstract: Given two finite covers $p:XoS$ and $q:YoS$ of a connected, oriented, closed surface $S$ of genus at least $2$, we attempt to characterize the equivalence of $p$ and $q$ in terms of which curves lift to simple curves. Using Teichm"uller theory and the complex of curves, we show that two regular covers $p$ and $q$ are equivalent if for any closed curve $gammasubsetS$, $gamma$ lifts to a simple closed curve on $X$ if and only if it does to $Y$. When the covers are abelian, we also give a characterization of equivalence in terms of which powers of simple closed curves lift to closed curves.

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