Generating the liftable mapping class groups of regular cyclic covers

arXiv2111.01626MaRDI QIDQ6381964FDOQ6381964

Authors: Soumya Dey, Neeraj K. Dhanwani, Harsh Patil, Kashyap Rajeevsarathy 

Publication date: 2 November 2021

Abstract: Let $extMod(S_g)$ be the mapping class group of the closed orientable surface of genus $ggeq1$, and let $ext{LMod}_p(X)$ be the liftable mapping class group associated with a finite-sheeted branched cover $p:SoX$, where $X$ is a hyperbolic surface. For $kgeq2$, let $p_k:S_{k(g-1)+1}o{S}_g$ be the standard $k$-sheeted regular cyclic cover. In this paper, we derive an explicit finite generating sets for $ext{LMod}_{p_k}(S_g)$ for $ggeq3$ and $kgeq2$, and $ext{LMod}_{p_2}(S_2)$. For $ggeq2$, as an application of our main result, we also derive a generating set for $ext{LMod}_{p_2}(S_g)cap{C}_{extMod(S_g)}(iota)$, where $C_{extMod(S_g)}(iota)$ is the centralizer of the hyperelliptic involution $iotainextMod(S_g)$. Let $mathcalL$ be the infinite ladder surface, and let $q_g:mathcalLo{S}_g$ be the standard infinite-sheeted cover induced by $langle{h}^{g-1}angle$ where $h$ is the standard handle shift on $mathcalL$. As another application, we derive a finite generating set for $ext{LMod}_{q_g}(S_g)$. Finally, we establish that for $kgeq2$ and $ggeq2$, $ext{LMod}_{p_k}(S_g)$ is self-normalizing in $extMod(S_g)$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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