Computations in the unstable homology of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces

arXiv2209.08148MaRDI QIDQ6411046FDOQ6411046

Authors: C.-F. Bödigheimer, Felix Jonathan Boes, Florian Kranhold 

Publication date: 16 September 2022

Abstract: In this article we give a survey of homology computations for moduli spaces $mathfrak{M}_{g,1}^m$ of Riemann surfaces with genus $ggeqslant0$, one boundary curve, and $mgeqslant0$ punctures. While rationally and stably this question has a satisfying answer by the Madsen-Weiss theorem, the unstable homology remains notoriously complicated. We discuss calculations with integral, mod-2, and rational coefficients. Furthermore, we determine, in most cases, explicit generators using homology operations.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Groups of diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms as manifolds (58D05) Homology of classifying spaces and characteristic classes in algebraic topology (55R40) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20)

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