Big mapping class groups and the co-Hopfian property

DOI10.1307/MMJ/20216075arXiv2101.07188OpenAlexW3122579933MaRDI QIDQ6358530FDOQ6358530

Authors: Javier Aramayona, Christopher J. Leininger, Alan McLeay 

Publication date: 18 January 2021

Abstract: We study injective homomorphisms between big mapping class groups of infinite-type surfaces. First, we construct (uncountably many) examples of surfaces without boundary whose (pure) mapping class groups are not co-Hopfian; these are the first examples of injective endomorphisms of mapping class groups (of surfaces with empty boundary) that fail to be surjective. We then prove that, subject to some topological conditions on the domain surface, any continuous injective homomorphism between (arbitrary) big mapping class groups that sends Dehn twists to Dehn twists is induced by homeomorphism. Finally, we explore the extent to which, in stark contrast to the finite-type case, superinjective maps between curve graphs impose no topological restrictions on the underlying surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1307/mmj/20216075

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20)

Cited In (3)

• Automatic continuity of pure mapping class groups
• Big mapping class groups with uncountable integral homology
• Surfaces of infinite-type are non-Hopfian

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